fowl
noun /faʊl/
/faʊl/
Idioms - [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
- a variety of domestic fowl
- [countable] (old use) any bird
see also guinea fowl, waterfowl, wildfowlTopics Birdsc2鸟
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
- 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。
- The hovercraft has always suffered from the fact that it is neither fish nor fowl.