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 quickest way to get her off the drug was to let her go cold turkey.
  要使她摆脱毒品，最快的方法是让她彻底戒毒。
• They broiled Turkey over a charcoal flame.
  他们在炭火上烤火鸡。
• 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。
• They associate turkey with Thanksgiving.
  他们把火鸡和感恩节联系在一起。
• 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。
• Chestnuts can be used at Christmas time, as a stuffing for turkey, guinea fowl or chicken.
  栗子可以在圣诞节时作火鸡、珍珠鸡或家鸡的填料。
• China will also sign agreements with Turkey and Egypt on cooperation in the customs, telecommunications, agriculture, economic technology and other fields.
  中国还将与土、埃两国就海关、电讯、农业及经济技术等领域合作签署一系列协议。
• Turkey plans to harness the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for big hydro-electric power projects.
  土耳其计划利用底格里斯河和幼发拉底河的河水开发大型水电项目。
• It's a color of both Switzerland and Turkey.
  它是瑞士和土耳其双方的颜色。