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
pheasants — plural of pheasant
雉科鸟类,常被猎食。；原产于旧大陆的大型长尾雉类鸟,但已引入其他地方；雉科鸟类的肉,作为食物。；野鸡肉；通常红烧
a large long-tailed bird, native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere, often hunted
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。
用法提示：pheasant 作可数名词单数，指雉鸡这种鸟。
The farmer said the pheasants eat grain from his fields.
农夫说这些雉鸡吃他田里的谷物。
用法提示：pheasants 是 pheasant 的复数形式，泛指多只雉鸡。
A pheasant's feathers are beautifully colored.
雉鸡的羽毛颜色非常漂亮。
用法提示：pheasant 的所有格形式修饰 feathers，表示雉鸡的。
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子I saw two pheasant in the forest.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子The pheasant is working in the field.
正确表达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。
pleasant 是形容词，意为“令人愉快的”，修饰名词或作表语；pheasant 是名词“雉鸡”。二者拼写仅差一个字母（pleasant 有 l，pheasant 有 h），注意不要混淆。
peasant 是名词，意为“农民”，指人；pheasant 是名词“雉鸡”，指鸟。二者发音相近，拼写仅相差一个 h，但词义完全不同。
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。
与雉鸡同属猎禽，常见于狩猎场景。
同样是猎禽，常与雉鸡一起出现在乡野或狩猎语境中。
小型猎禽，与雉鸡同属鸟类中的狩猎对象。
雉鸡是常见的狩猎目标，shooting 指这项活动。
雉鸡属于 game bird，此词指被猎捕的鸟类或动物。
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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