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

• 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。
• 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。
• Pam was in the middle of basting the turkey
  帕姆正在往烤鸡上淋油。
• 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。
• a Thanksgiving dinner of turkey and all the trimmings.
  有火鸡及各色配菜的感恩节大餐
• 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。
• She avoided the issue by ordering a turkey sandwich
  她点了份火鸡三明治，以此来避开这个重要问题。
• The American president praised Turkey for its courage
  美国总统赞扬了土耳其的勇气。
• Dr Kengerli looks to Turkey as his mother country.
  肯戈理博士视土耳其为自己的祖国。
• She has journeyed on horseback through Africa and Turkey.
  她骑马游历了非洲和土耳其。