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单词 chick
释义
chickchick /tʃɪk/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINchick
Origin:
1300-1400 chicken
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • "Who is he talking to?" "Some chick named Melanie."
  • a hen and her chicks
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • If the eggs are allowed to cool, once they have started to develop, the chicks within will die.
  • It must time the laying of its eggs so that its chicks hatch when caterpillars are most abundant, and most palatable.
  • Once he put a broody hen on a clutch of eggs and ten little chicks hatched out.
  • The chicks all scurry to shelter; but if the same models are drawn backward, they do not.
  • The chicks need round the clock attention, and have developed very healthy appetites.
  • The turkey and black vultures at the park are well-fed and then scared into bringing up their food to supply the chicks.
  • Two other tame birds on the same farm have already produced chicks which are now living in this barn.
word sets
WORD SETS
auk, nounbald eagle, nounbeak, nounbill, nounbird, nounbirdie, nounbird of paradise, nounbird of passage, nounbird of prey, nounbirdsong, nounblackbird, nounbluebird, nounbluejay, nounbobwhite, nounbreast, nounbuzzard, nouncackle, verbchick, nounclaw, nouncob, nouncock, nouncockerel, nouncockscomb, nouncolouring, nouncondor, nouncoo, verbcoot, nouncormorant, nouncorncrake, nouncrane, nouncrest, nouncrested, adjectivecrop, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcuckoo, nouncurlew, nouncygnet, noundickybird, noundipper, noundive, verbdodo, noundove, noundown, nounduck, nounduckling, nouneagle, nouneaglet, nounegret, nounemu, nounfeather, nounflamingo, nounfledgling, nounflight, nounfly, verbflycatcher, nounfowl, noungander, noungannet, noungizzard, noungobble, verbgobbler, noungolden eagle, noungoldfinch, noungoose, noungrebe, noungrouse, nounguillemot, nounguinea fowl, nounhackles, nounhatch, verbhawk, nounheron, nounhonk, nounhonk, verbhoot, nounhoot, verbhornbill, nounhouse martin, nounhumming bird, nounincubate, verbjackdaw, nounjay, nounkestrel, nounkingfisher, nounkite, nounkiwi, nounlark, nounlay, verblinnet, nounloon, nounlovebird, nounmacaw, nounmagpie, nounmallard, nounmarabou, nounmartin, nounmeadowlark, nounmigrant, nounmockingbird, nounmoorhen, nounmoult, verbmynah bird, nounnest, nounnest, verbnestling, nounnightingale, nounoriole, nounornithologist, nounornithology, nounosprey, nounostrich, nounowl, nounowlet, nounparakeet, nounparrot, nounpartridge, nounpeacock, nounpeafowl, nounpeahen, nounpeck, verbpeck, nounpeewit, nounpelican, nounpenguin, nounperch, nounperch, verbperegrine falcon, nounpetrel, nounpipit, nounplover, nounplumage, nounplume, verbpullet, nounquail, nounquill, nounraven, nounroadrunner, nounrobin, nounrook, nounroost, nounroost, verbrooster, nounruff, nounsandpiper, nounseabird, nounseagull, nounshag, nounsing, verbskylark, nounsnipe, nounsong, nounsongbird, nounsongster, nounsparrow, nounstarling, nounswallow, nounswan, nounswift, nounswoop, verbtalon, nounteal, nountern, nounthrush, nountit, nountoucan, nountrill, nounturkey, nounturtledove, nountwitter, verbvulture, nounwader, nounwagtail, nounwarble, verbwarbler, nounwater bird, nounwaterfowl, nounwebbed, adjectiveweb-footed, adjectivewhistle, verbwing, nounwinged, adjectivewingspan, nounwingtip, nounwishbone, nounwren, nounyellowhammer, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
informal (=a man who is attractive to women)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Very occasionally the young cuckoo fails to remove its host's eggs and the young cuckoo and chicks are reared together.· The best evidence for this is that young stray chicks are often adopted by birds that are not their parents.· As well as looking like their host's young, the chicks of some brood parasites also sound like them.
NOUN
· When researchers tried to mimic the results on other animals, such as chick embryos, it did not have the same effect.· The chick embryo proper comes from a very small region resting on the yolk and which is equivalent to the mammalian egg.· She noticed that the nuclei of the cells of the quail embryo looked slightly different from those of the chick embryo.· Because transplanted quail cells will behave normally in chick embryos, she realized she had an invaluable natural marker.
· If you can't get chick peas, the same sort of salad can be made with haricot beans.· Drain and rinse the chick peas and kidney beans and combine with other beans. 3.· Add the rice, cooked chick peas, herbs, salt and pepper to the onion mixture.
VERB
· The sky had darkened, clouds had gathered, and birds were returning, flying in belatedly to feed their chicks.· After they are separated, the keepers feed the chicks by hand and must teach them to swallow whole fish.· Guillemots and razor bills whirred rapidly out to sea, surface-dived for fish, and whirred back again to feed hungry chicks.· They too are going to nest and they will rely on puffin meat to feed their chicks.· A tiny reed warbler, faced with a cuckoo, feeds a chick much larger than herself.· The parents then feed the chick for up to a year.· Pairs breeding along acidic streams laid their eggs slightly later, laid fewer, lighter eggs and fed their chicks less often.
· A female that pairs monogamously with a male will get some help from him with rearing the chicks.· The cattle egrets hatched and reared two chicks and the white-faced tree ducks also two.
1chick (1)a baby bird:  a mother hen with her chicks2informal not polite a word meaning a young woman, that some people think is offensive
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