| 单词 | spring chicken |
| 释义 | spring chickenSEE SYNONYMS FOR spring chicken ON THESAURUS.COM nouna young chicken, especially a broiler or fryer. Slang. a young person: I don't know his age, but he's no spring chicken. Origin of spring chickenAn Americanism dating back to 1835–45 Words nearby spring chickenspringbok, spring break, springbuck, spring cankerworm, spring catch, spring chicken, spring-clean, spring-cleaning, spring conjunctivitis, Springdale, springe Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spring chicken
British Dictionary definitions for spring chickenspring chicken nounAlso called: springer mainly US and Canadian a young chicken, tender for cooking, esp one from two to ten months old she is no spring chicken informal she is no longer young Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with spring chickenspring chicken see no spring chicken. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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