turkey

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Birds, Food, Filmturkeytur‧key /ˈtɜːki $ ˈtɜːrki/ S3 noun 1 Image of turkey

[countable]HBB a bird that looks like a large chicken and is often eaten at Christmas and at Thanksgiving2 [uncountable]DF the meat from a turkey eaten as food roast turkey3 [countable] American English informalAPTAMFFAIL an unsuccessful film or play4 → talk turkey → cold turkeyExamples from the Corpusturkey• Buy a map, turkeys -- and get a clue.TurkeyTurkey a country which is mainly in west Asia but partly in southeast Europe, between the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Population: 80,694,485 (2014). Capital: Ankara. Until the early 20th century, Turkey was the centre of the large Ottoman Empire, whose capital city was Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city. It became a republic in 1923, and its first president was Kemal Ataturk, who made great changes to make Turkey a more modern country. Turkey is a member of NATO and has asked to become a member of the EU.Origin turkey (1500-1600) Turkey; because the bird looked like the guinea fowl, which was brought into Europe through Turkey

单词	turkey
释义	turkey From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Birds, Food, Filmturkeytur‧key /ˈtɜːki $ ˈtɜːrki/ ●●● S3 noun 1[countable]HBB a bird that looks like a large chicken and is often eaten at Christmas and at Thanksgiving2 [uncountable]DF the meat from a turkey eaten as food roast turkey3 [countable] American English informalAPTAMFFAIL an unsuccessful film or play4 → talk turkey → cold turkeyExamples from the Corpusturkey• Buy a map, turkeys -- and get a clue.TurkeyTurkey a country which is mainly in west Asia but partly in southeast Europe, between the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Population: 80,694,485 (2014). Capital: Ankara. Until the early 20th century, Turkey was the centre of the large Ottoman Empire, whose capital city was Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city. It became a republic in 1923, and its first president was Kemal Ataturk, who made great changes to make Turkey a more modern country. Turkey is a member of NATO and has asked to become a member of the EU.Origin turkey (1500-1600) Turkey; because the bird looked like the guinea fowl, which was brought into Europe through Turkey
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