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单词 chicken flesh
释义

chicken fleshn.

Brit. /ˈtʃɪk(ᵻ)n flɛʃ/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪkən ˌflɛʃ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chicken n., flesh n.
Etymology: < chicken n. + flesh n., with allusion to the appearance of the skin of a plucked chicken. Compare earlier gooseflesh n. 2a, hen flesh n. 2, and slightly later chicken skin n. 2a.In quot. 1844 after French chair de poule (1830 or earlier in this sense).
Now rare.
A state of the skin caused by cold, fear, or excitement, in which small bumps appear on the surface as the hairs become erect. Cf. gooseflesh n. 2a.
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the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > hair standing on end or gooseflesh
horripilation1656
goose-skin1785
goose-flesha1834
chicken flesh1844
goose pimples1889
goose bumps1933
the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [noun] > goose-flesh
crispation1710
goose-skin1785
hen flesh1825
goose-flesha1834
chicken flesh1844
goose pimples1889
1844 tr. D. Gruby in Lancet 4 May 188/1 Circular patches, covered with small white scales, and with slight inequalities analogous to what is vulgarly called chicken flesh [Fr. la chair de poule].
1859 N.Y. Times 22 July 2/4 The slightest shade of chicken flesh came stealing over me again.
1887 Month 61 14 I got ‘chicken flesh’ all over my body.
a1946 C. Garnett tr. A. Chekhov Bear in C. Garnett et al. tr. A. Chekhov Ten Plays (2008) 65 Brr! I am chicken-flesh all over—that feminine creature has put me in such a rage!
2013 @ElizaDayJ 1 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Listened to SOAD on my way into work and now I have chicken flesh all over my body.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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