单词 | chicken flesh |
释义 | chicken fleshn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1844 |
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