Word · Frequency #14751
fowls
禽；禽类
fowls is the plural of fowl.
核心释义
A bird hunted or kept for food, such as chickens, ducks, geese, and other landfowl or waterfowl.
- 1.
一种被猎取或饲养以供食用的鸟类,包括陆禽和水禽
A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.
- 2.
家鸡,被认为由红原鸡驯化而来
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
- 3.
用作食物的禽肉(野生或家养)
the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
家鸡；鸡；禽肉；一种被猎取或饲养以供食用的鸟类,包括陆禽和水禽；家鸡,被认为由红原鸡驯化而来；用作食物的禽肉(野生或家养)
用法In use
The farmer raises a variety of fowl, including chickens and ducks.
用法提示：fowl作为集合名词，指家禽类鸟类。
We roasted a whole fowl for the family dinner.
用法提示：fowl指家禽的肉，作为不可数或可数名词。
Many species of wild fowl migrate south for the winter.
用法提示：fowl可指野禽，复数形式fowls表示多种鸟类。
keep fowl
表示饲养的家禽整体时，fowl 前通常不加冠词，也不用复数。
They keep fowl in the yard behind the house.
他们在房子后面的院子里养家禽。
a fowl
作可数名词时，a fowl 指一只禽鸟。
A fowl escaped from the coop this morning.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- domestic fowl
- 家禽；家鸡
- The domestic fowl is descended from the red jungle fowl.家鸡由红原鸡驯化而来。
- wild fowl
- 野禽；猎禽
- Many wild fowls can be seen around the lakes.在这些湖泊周围能看到许多野禽。
- guinea fowl
- 珍珠鸡
- A guinea fowl was pecking in the garden.一只珍珠鸡正在花园里啄食。
- roast fowl
- 烤禽肉；烧鸡
- Roast fowl was served with roast potatoes.烤禽肉和烤土豆一起端上桌。
- keep fowls
- 养家禽；养鸡
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
fowl 与 foul 同音：foul 是“臭的”，fowl 是“禽类”。fowl 里有 owl（猫头鹰），记住它是禽类。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：ornithology、hunting、poultry farming、cooking、literary writing fowl 的语域随语境变化：在鸟类学、狩猎和家禽业等专业语境中属中性术语；在烹饪中指禽肉时多用于书面或传统表述；日常口语中通常用 bird 或 chicken，较少直接说 fowl。
语法说明Grammar Note
指家禽时是可数名词，指禽肉时是不可数名词，复数形式为fowls。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
fowl /faʊl/ 与 owl、howl、growl、scowl、prowl 押韵（拼写中的 -owl 均读 /aʊl/）；foul 与 fowl 同音异形。注意 bowl 拼写相似，但读 /boʊl/，并不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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