turkey

英 [ˈtɜːki]

美 [ˈtɜːrki]

n.  吐绶鸡; 火鸡; 火鸡肉; 失败

复数：turkeys　

高考CET4CET6考研

Collins.1 / BNC.4180 / COCA.3292

习惯用语

n.

talk turkey
• 郑重其事地谈；严肃认真地谈
  to talk about sth seriously

牛津词典

noun

• 吐绶鸡；火鸡
  a large bird that is often kept for its meat, eaten especially at Christmas in Britain and at Thanksgiving in the US
• 火鸡肉
  meat from a turkey
  1. roast turkey
     烤火鸡肉
• 失败
  a failure
  1. His latest movie is a real turkey.
     他最近的那部电影是一大败笔。
• 笨蛋；草包
  a stupid or useless person

柯林斯词典

• See also:Turkeyis the flesh of this bird eaten as food.It's a proper Christmas dinner, with turkey and bread sauce.cold turkey

英英释义

noun

• large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail
  Synonym:Meleagris gallopavo
• an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
  1. the first experiment was a real turkey
  2. the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned
  Synonym:bombdud
• flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
• a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
  1. some joker is blocking the driveway
  Synonym:joker

双语例句

• The two great rivers of the Middle East rise in the mountains of Turkey.
  中东地区的两大河流发源于土耳其境内的山脉。
• Pam was in the middle of basting the turkey
  帕姆正在往烤鸡上淋油。
• Oh! I see. We eat turkey and pumpkin pie on that day.
  哦，我明白了。我们在那一天吃火鸡和南瓜饼。
• It's a color of both Switzerland and Turkey.
  它是瑞士和土耳其双方的颜色。
• These base camps were used by the PKK guerrillas to make forays into Turkey.
  这些基地训练营被库尔德工人党游击队用于对土耳其实施突袭行动。
• a Thanksgiving dinner of turkey and all the trimmings.
  有火鸡及各色配菜的感恩节大餐
• Once the turkey has defrosted, remove the giblets.
  一旦火鸡解冻了之后，就把其内脏清除掉。
• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.
  他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• They associate turkey with Thanksgiving.
  他们把火鸡和感恩节联系在一起。
• The American president praised Turkey for its courage
  美国总统赞扬了土耳其的勇气。