hen

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

Translation

n. 母雞雌禽
Word Forms
複數hens

Example Sentences

hen dung (=hen manure)

雞糞; 雞肥

the hen was cackling as if demented.

這隻母雞瘋了般地咯咯叫。

a hen coming into lay.

母雞要下蛋了

This hen is gray with white speckles.

這隻母雞灰色帶白斑點。

The hen laid three eggs.

母雞下了三個蛋。

It is time for hens to brood.

該是母雞孵蛋的時候了。

The hen gave a squawk when it saw the cat.

母雞見到貓時咯咯叫了起來。

these hens lay like clockwork.

這些母雞機械般規律地下蛋。

the natural life of a hen is seven years.

母雞的壽命是七年。

A hen hovers her chicks.

一隻母雞在孵小雞。

a brood hen; a brood mare.

餵養下蛋的母雞;飼養生馬駒的母馬

We eat hens' egg.

我們喫雞蛋。

The police suspected that there was a hen on.

警察懷疑其中有陰謀。

The hens pecked at the corn.

母雞在啄食穀子。

The hen is brooding her eggs.

母雞正在孵小雞。

The hen brought off a brood of young.

母雞孵出了一窩小雞。

A hen hatches chickens.

母雞孵化小雞。

The boy has got a hen sparrow.

那男孩抓到一隻雌雀。

The hen pecked a hole in the sack.

母雞在麻袋上啄了一個窟窿。

Real-world Examples

Just then a big brown hen jumped from a nest.

就在這時,一隻棕色的大母雞從窩裏跳了出來。

Source: American Elementary School English 1

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

有沒有公雞 或者說是否全是母雞?

Source: Flipped Selected

This is a hen: these are her chicks.

這些是她的孩子們。

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 1

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

例如,2012年禁止對蛋雞使用多層雞籠。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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

咯!咯!咯!院裏的大母雞叫起來。

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 1

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

於是,傑克在巨人睡覺時,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

狐狸能捉住母雞, 並且弄走窩裏的雞蛋.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 1

Has the black hen left the nest?

那隻黑母雞離開雞窩了嗎?

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 1

The hen has run to her nest.

母雞向它的窩跑去。

Source: Original Chinese Language Class in American Elementary Schools

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

童子雞很好喫。- 天哪,太好喫了。

Source: Our Day Season 2

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