fowl

fowl
(复同单，或 fowls)

(亦作 domestic fowl)a gallinaceous bird kept chiefly for its eggs and flesh; a domestic cock or hen. (see junglefowl)
饲养鸡。（见 junglefowl）
The domestic fowl is derived from the wild red junglefowl of SE Asia (see junglefowl)
饲养鸡源自东南亚野生红原鸡（见 junglefowl）
■any other domesticated bird kept for its eggs or flesh, e.g. the turkey, duck, goose, and guineafowl
家禽
■[mass noun]the flesh of birds, especially of the domestic cock or hen, as food; poultry
禽肉（尤指鸡肉）；食用家禽
■in the names of birds that resemble the domestic fowl
［用于与家禽相似鸟类名称］
spurfowl.
malleefowl.
■birds collectively, especially as the quarry of hunters
［总称］飞禽（尤指捕猎对象）
■(archaic)a bird
(古)鸟

语源

Old English fugol, originally the general term for a bird, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vogel and German Vogel, also to fly

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