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

• She has journeyed on horseback through Africa and Turkey.
  她骑马游历了非洲和土耳其。
• It's a color of both Switzerland and Turkey.
  它是瑞士和土耳其双方的颜色。
• These base camps were used by the PKK guerrillas to make forays into Turkey.
  这些基地训练营被库尔德工人党游击队用于对土耳其实施突袭行动。
• Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.
  土耳其和希腊是前苏联与反苏国家之间的缓冲国。
• 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。
• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.
  他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• Greece broke off relations with Turkey.
  希腊断绝了与土耳其的关系。
• They associate turkey with Thanksgiving.
  他们把火鸡和感恩节联系在一起。
• The list of countries in trouble also includes Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia and Turkey.
  遇到问题的国家还包括保加利亚、爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚和土耳其。
• 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。