hen

n.母鸡；雌禽；女人

noun

1. 母鸡
   a female chicken, often kept for its eggs or meat
   1. a small flock of laying hens
      一小群下蛋的母鸡
   2. battery hens
      层架式鸡笼饲养的母鸡
2. 雌禽
   any female bird
   1. a hen pheasant
      雌雉

n. 母鸡；女人；雌禽 n. (Hen)人名；(日)边(姓)；(法)昂；(波、柬)亨

名词复数形式:hens

hen 母鸡

来自古英语henn,来自PIE*kan,唱，吟唱，词源同chant,cantor.引申词义打鸣的鸟，即公鸡，参照古英语hana,公鸡。

1. This allows the pair to mate properly and stops the hen staying in the nest-box
   这样可以使这对公鸡和母鸡正常交配，让母鸡不再呆在鸡窝里。
2. The pheasant is a close relative of the Guinea hen.
   雉与珍珠鸡有很近的亲缘关系。
3. The hen may not be able to feed its young.
   雌鸟可能无法给幼鸟喂食。
4. The hen sits in the hencoop [ henroost].
   母鸡卧窝。
5. The hen has flown away and the eggs in the coop are broken.
   鸡飞蛋打。
6. The hen is sitting.
   母鸡抱窝了。
7. This roast hen is done to a turn.
   这鸡烤得正到火候。
8. The hen ate the grains of corn on the ground.
   母鸡啄食地上的谷粒。
9. The chickens gathered under the hen.
   小鸡聚集在母鸡翅膀下面。
10. The weasel goes to pay his respects to the hen--not with the best of intentions.; A weasel giving new year's greetings to a hen has ulterior motives.
    黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心。
11. The hen started clucking after she laid an egg.
    母鸡下完蛋后，咯咯地叫个不停。
12. A hen hatches chickens.
    母鸡孵化小鸡。
13. The hen pecks all day.
    母鸡整天啄来啄去。
14. The hen brought off a brood of young.
    母鸡孵出了一窝小鸡。
15. The hen crackles when she has laid an egg.
    母鸡下了蛋就咯咯地叫。
16. The hen has hatched all her chickens out.
    这只母鸡已经孵出了她的全部小鸡。
17. A hen cackles. a cock crows.
    母鸡咯咯叫，公鸡喔喔啼。
18. A hot, dry thermal sat there like a brooding hen.
    干热低压槽犹如抱窝的母鸡赖着不走。
19. The boy has got a hen sparrow.
    那男孩抓到一只雌麻雀。
20. That hen has moulted.
    那只母鸡秃噜了。
21. The weasel pays a courtesy visit to the hen; not with the best of intentions.
    狼给鸡拜年，不怀好意。
22. A black hen or a white hen?
    黑母鸡和白母鸡？
23. The hen broods twelve eggs this time.
    这次那只母鸡孵十二个蛋。
24. I offered shelter, now you stealing our hen?
    我提供避难所，现在你偷了我们的母鸡？
25. A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
    母鸡只是一个鸡蛋制造另一个鸡蛋的方式。
26. The hen laid twenty eggs last month.
    上个月，这只母鸡下了二十个鸡蛋。
27. I have a cow, a dog, a goat, a duck and a hen.
    有一头奶牛，一只狗，一只山羊，一只鸭子和一只母鸡。
28. The hen laid some eggs this morning.
    母鸡今天早上下了几颗蛋。
29. I have a lovely hen.
    我有一只可爱的母鸡。
30. The hen laid a lot of eggs.
    这只母鸡下了许多蛋。