英漢辭典

1. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. 雞;小雞;雞雛;雞肉

   Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

   是先有雞還是先有蛋?(cf. chicken-and-egg)

   Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

   【諺】 蛋未孵出,勿數雞雛.(不要過早指望) (cf.習語).

2. 2. 小兒,娃娃

   She is no chicken.

   她不是小娃娃;【口】她已不年輕了.(cf. spring chicken).

3. 3. 無聊話,廢話

4. 4. [美‧俚] 家禽

5. 5. [口] 年輕人,(尤指)女孩,漂亮姑娘

6. 6. [美‧俚] 年輕妓女

7. 7. [俚] 搞同性戀的年輕男子

8. 8. [俚] (成為男同性戀者對象的)少年

9. 9. [俚] 膽小鬼,懦夫

10. 10. [俚] 陰莖

11. 11. [俚] (搶劫、誘拐、詐騙等的)被害者,容易上當受騙的人

12. 12. [俚] 考驗膽量

13. 13. [美‧俚] 鷹徽美陸[海]軍上校的標誌

14. 14. [美‧俚] 依仗權柄,仗勢橫行

15. 15. [美‧軍俚] 雞毛蒜皮的規定,陋規

16. 16. [俚] 無價值的工作



17. adj. (形容詞 adjective)
    1. 雞肉的

18. 2. 孩子的;小的

19. 3. [俚] 膽小的,膽怯的

20. 4. 卑鄙的,卑劣的

21. 5. [美‧軍俚] 堅決服從雞毛蒜皮規定的

柯林斯英英辭典

n. (noun)

1. a domestic fowl bred for its flesh or eggs, esp a young one

2. the flesh of such a bird used for food

3. any of various similar birds, such as a prairie chicken

4. [Slang] a cowardly person

5. [Slang] a young inexperienced person

6. [Slang] an underage boy or girl regarded as a potential target for sexual abuse

7. [informal] any of various, often dangerous, games or challenges in which the object is to make one's opponent lose his nerve

adj. (adjective)

1. [Slang] easily scared; cowardly; timid

2. [Etymology] Old English ciecen; related to Old Norse kjuklingr gosling, Middle Low German küken chicken