| 单词 | cluck hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmascluck hen cluck hen n. a hen used for breeding or inclined to brood; a hen sitting on eggs or having young chicks; cf. clock hen n. [Compare Middle Low German klukhenne (early 16th cent.), German †Kluckhenne (early 16th cent.; now Gluckhenne ), Norwegian klukkhøne , Swedish kluckhöna (mid 18th cent.), Danish klukhøne (17th cent.); compare also forms in other Germanic languages cited at clock hen n.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > hen > brooding clock hen1535 cluck hen1598 clocking1721 broody1904 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > hen > sound made by > hen that makes clock hen1535 cluck hen1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Chioccia, a clocking or sitting hen, a broode hen or a clucke hen. 1871 Oriental Sporting Mag. Mar. 128 I have often, in years gone bye [sic], had the eggs brought to me, and have had them incubated by setting them under a domestic cluck hen. 1982 S. Gernes Way to St. Ives vii. 70 Dora was counting out change,..she had the ruffled look of an agitated cluck-hen. 2006 Amer. Pheasant & Waterfowl Soc. Mag. Oct. 5/2 She gave me five goose eggs and told me to set the eggs under a cluck hen. < as lemmas |
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