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a/the pheasant
表示单只鸟时，用 a 或 the 加单数形式。
A pheasant ran across the road.
一只雉鸡跑过了马路。
雉；野鸡；雉鸡
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雉；野鸡；雉鸡
a large long-tailed bird, native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere, often hunted
A pheasant ran across the road.
一只雉鸡跑过了马路。
雉科鸟类,常被猎食。
A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.
原产于旧大陆的大型长尾雉类鸟,但已引入其他地方
large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
雉科鸟类的肉,作为食物。
The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
野鸡肉；通常红烧
flesh of a pheasant; usually braised
While hiking, we saw a pheasant run into the bushes.
徒步旅行时，我们看到一只雉鸡跑进了灌木丛。
The farmer said the pheasants eat grain from his fields.
农夫说这些雉鸡吃他田里的谷物。
A pheasant's feathers are beautifully colored.
雉鸡的羽毛颜色非常漂亮。
表示单只鸟时，用 a 或 the 加单数形式。
A pheasant ran across the road.
一只雉鸡跑过了马路。
复数形式为 pheasants；也可在谈论鸟类时泛指整个类别。
We saw several pheasants in the field.
我们在田野里看见几只雉鸡。
作定语修饰名词时用单数形式，例如 pheasant hunting（猎雉鸡）。
Pheasant feathers are used in some traditional crafts.
雉鸡羽毛用于一些传统工艺品。
Not this
I saw two pheasant in the forest.
Use this
I saw two pheasants in the forest.
pheasant 是可数名词，复数形式为 pheasants；汉语名词没有复数变化，但英语中“两只雉鸡”必须用复数 pheasants。
Not this
The pheasant is working in the field.
Use this
The peasant is working in the field.
pheasant（雉鸡）与 peasant（农民）拼写相近但词义不同；“在田里干活”的主语应是人，所以要改用 peasant。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
烤野鸡
We had roast pheasant for Sunday dinner.
我们周日晚餐吃了烤野鸡。
猎雉
Pheasant shooting is a popular country sport in Britain.
猎雉是英国一项流行的乡村运动。
雉鸡胸肉
The recipe calls for two pheasant breasts.
这道食谱需要两块雉鸡胸肉。
金鸡；锦鸡
The golden pheasant has brilliant red and gold plumage.
金鸡有着鲜艳的红金相间的羽毛。
雉鸡雏鸟
The pheasant chicks hatched in early June.
雉鸡雏鸟于六月初孵化。
我是野鸡拔毛工，我是野鸡拔毛工的儿子，我会一直给野鸡拔毛，直到拔光为止。
This classic English tongue twister about a person who plucks pheasants is often used in speaking drills and comedy sketches.
这是一句经典英语绕口令，讲的是给野鸡拔毛的人，常被用于口语练习和喜剧小品中。
梨树上的一只野鸡
This is a common misheard lyric from the Christmas carol 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' — the actual line is 'a partridge in a pear tree'. It's often quoted as a joke.
这是圣诞歌曲《圣诞十二天》中常见的空耳歌词，原句是 'a partridge in a pear tree'（梨树上的山鹑），常被当作玩笑引用。
发短 /ɛ/ 音 (如 head, bread)
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pheasant 去掉 h 是 peasant（农民），农民常在田间看到 pheasant（野鸡）；h 可联想为鸡冠。
语域：neutral 常见场景：hunting and shooting、wildlife and birdwatching、cooking and dining 该词在一般语境中为中性词，多用于狩猎、观鸟和烹饪等场合，正式与非正式场合都较少带有特殊语体色彩。
peasant、pleasant 和 present（名词或形容词）都与 pheasant 押韵，读音分别为 /ˈpɛzənt/、/ˈplɛzənt/、/ˈprɛzənt/。注意拼写：pheasant 中的 -ea- 发 /ɛ/，不像 phase /feɪz/ 或 easy /ˈiːzi/；其结尾 -ant 发 /ənt/，不是 ant /ænt/ 中的 /ænt/。
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