英语词汇“fowl”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fowl

(faʊl )

Word forms: fowls , fowl

countable noun

A fowl is a bird, especially one that can be eaten as food, such as a duck or a chicken.

Carve the fowl into 8 pieces.

...ducks and many other animals and fowl.

Synonyms: poultry

Idioms:

be neither fish nor fowl

to seem partly one thing and partly another, and be difficult to identify, classify, or understand

By the mid-1980s, Canada had a constitution that was neither fish nor fowl in terms of political philosophy.

Translations:

Chinese: 家禽

Japanese: 家禽

单词	fowl
释义	fowl (faʊl ) Word forms: fowls , fowl countable noun A fowl is a bird, especially one that can be eaten as food, such as a duck or a chicken. Carve the fowl into 8 pieces. ...ducks and many other animals and fowl. Synonyms: poultry Idioms: be neither fish nor fowl to seem partly one thing and partly another, and be difficult to identify, classify, or understand By the mid-1980s, Canada had a constitution that was neither fish nor fowl in terms of political philosophy. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 家禽 Japanese: 家禽
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