英语词汇“headless chicken”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

headless chicken

/ˌhɛdləs ˈtʃɪk(ɪ)n/

informal

noun

1In similative phrases denoting frantic, unthinking, and often futile activity, especially in running around like a headless chicken and variants.

2A person, group, etc., engaged in frantic but purposeless activity.

rare before late 20th cent..

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Christian Union. From headless + chicken, with allusion to the phenomenon whereby a chicken can move about for a short time after decapitation, due to reflex activity of the nervous system.

单词	headless chicken
释义	headless chicken /ˌhɛdləs ˈtʃɪk(ɪ)n/ informal noun 1In similative phrases denoting frantic, unthinking, and often futile activity, especially in running around like a headless chicken and variants. 2A person, group, etc., engaged in frantic but purposeless activity. rare before late 20th cent.. Origin Late 19th century; earliest use found in Christian Union. From headless + chicken, with allusion to the phenomenon whereby a chicken can move about for a short time after decapitation, due to reflex activity of the nervous system.
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