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hen

noun
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  1. a female chicken, often kept for its eggs or meat母鸡
    • a small flock of laying hens一小群下蛋的母鸡
    • battery hens层架式鸡笼饲养的母鸡
    Extra Examples
    • I could hear the hens clucking in the farmyard.我能听到母鸡在农场院子里咯咯叫。
    • My hens have stopped laying.我的母鸡已经不下蛋了。
    • The hen laid three beautiful speckled eggs.母鸡下了 3 枚蛋壳上有小斑点的漂亮鸡蛋。
    • The hens pecked hopefully at the dusty floor.几只母鸡啄着满是尘土的地面觅食。
    Topics Birdsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • battery
    • free-range
    • mother
    • …
    verb + hen
    • keep
    hen + verb
    • lay
    • lay eggs
    • cluck
    • …
    hen + noun
    • coop
    • house
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  2. (especially in compounds尤用于构成复合词) any female bird雌禽
    • a hen pheasant雌雉
    compare cock see also moorhenTopics Birdsc2
    3. Word OriginOld English henn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hen and German Henne.
see also mother hen