hen

[US]/hen/
[UK]/hɛn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 母鸡雌禽
Word Forms
复数hens

Example Sentences

hen dung (=hen manure)

鸡粪; 鸡肥

the hen was cackling as if demented.

这只母鸡疯了般地咯咯叫。

a hen coming into lay.

母鸡要下蛋了

This hen is gray with white speckles.

这只母鸡灰色带白斑点。

The hen laid three eggs.

母鸡下了三个蛋。

It is time for hens to brood.

该是母鸡孵蛋的时候了。

The hen gave a squawk when it saw the cat.

母鸡见到猫时咯咯叫了起来。

these hens lay like clockwork.

这些母鸡机械般规律地下蛋。

the natural life of a hen is seven years.

母鸡的寿命是七年。

A hen hovers her chicks.

一只母鸡在孵小鸡。

a brood hen; a brood mare.

喂养下蛋的母鸡;饲养生马驹的母马

We eat hens' egg.

我们吃鸡蛋。

The police suspected that there was a hen on.

警察怀疑其中有阴谋。

The hens pecked at the corn.

母鸡在啄食谷子。

The hen is brooding her eggs.

母鸡正在孵小鸡。

The hen brought off a brood of young.

母鸡孵出了一窝小鸡。

A hen hatches chickens.

母鸡孵化小鸡。

The boy has got a hen sparrow.

那男孩抓到一只雌雀。

The hen pecked a hole in the sack.

母鸡在麻袋上啄了一个窟窿。

Real-world Examples

Just then a big brown hen jumped from a nest.

就在这时,一只棕色的大母鸡从窝里跳了出来。

Source: American Elementary School English 1

Is one of them a rooster or are they all hens?

有没有公鸡 或者说是否全是母鸡?

Source: Flipped Selected

This is a hen: these are her chicks.

这些是她的孩子们。

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 1

Battery cages for egg-laying hens were banned in 2012, for instance.

例如,2012年禁止对蛋鸡使用多层鸡笼。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Cluck! cluck! cluck! cried the hen from the yard.

咯!咯!咯!院里的大母鸡叫起来。

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 1

Without making a sound, he took the magic hen and ran from the castle.

于是,杰克在巨人睡觉时,悄悄走出了小屋。

Source: American Elementary English 2

The fox can catch the hen, and get the eggs in the nest

狐狸能捉住母鸡, 并且弄走窝里的鸡蛋.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 1

Has the black hen left the nest?

那只黑母鸡离开鸡窝了吗?

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 1

The hen has run to her nest.

母鸡向它的窝跑去。

Source: Original Chinese Language Class in American Elementary Schools

Uh, Cornish hens are delicious. - God, so good.

童子鸡很好吃。- 天哪,太好吃了。

Source: Our Day Season 2

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