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词汇 fowl
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fowl

noun
/faʊl/
/faʊl/
Idioms
  1. [countable, uncountable]
    (plural fowl, fowls)
    a bird that is kept for its meat and eggs, for example a chicken家禽
    • a variety of domestic fowl各种家禽
    • fowl such as turkeys and ducks诸如火鸡和鸭之类的家禽
    Topics Foodc2, Birdsc2
  2. [countable] (old use) any bird see also guinea fowl, waterfowl, wildfowlTopics Birdsc2
  3. 词源Old English fugol ‘bird’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vogel and German Vogel, also to fly (verb).
Idioms
neither fish nor fowl
  1. neither one thing nor another非驴非马;不伦不类
    • The hovercraft has always suffered from the fact that it is neither fish nor fowl.气垫船一直饱受不伦不类之苦。
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