a large bird with a long tail, the male of which is brightly coloured. People sometimes shoot pheasants for sport or food. Meat from this bird is also called pheasant. 野鸡；雉；野鸡肉 
- (British English)
to shoot pheasant 射猎野鸡 - (North American English)
to hunt pheasant 打野鸡 roast pheasant 烤野鸡
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French fesan, via Latin from Greek phasianos ‘(bird) of Phasis’, the name of a river in the Caucasus (a mountainous region in SE Europe), from which the bird is supposed to have spread westwards.- (British English)
