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

• Greece broke off relations with Turkey.
  希腊断绝了与土耳其的关系。
• The American president praised Turkey for its courage
  美国总统赞扬了土耳其的勇气。
• Turkey plans to harness the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for big hydro-electric power projects.
  土耳其计划利用底格里斯河和幼发拉底河的河水开发大型水电项目。
• They associate turkey with Thanksgiving.
  他们把火鸡和感恩节联系在一起。
• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.
  他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• 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。
• Dr Kengerli looks to Turkey as his mother country.
  肯戈理博士视土耳其为自己的祖国。
• It negotiated similar deals with Brazil and Turkey.
  中国与巴西和土耳其也就类似交易进行了谈判。
• A Dr Matthew Owens was reported missing while on an expedition to north-eastern Turkey.
  据报道，一位叫马修·欧文斯的博士在前往土耳其东北部考察的途中失踪了。
• Avoid Using In: Turkey, Brazil, Venezuela, and France.
  在土耳其、巴西、委内瑞拉、和法国请避免使用。