| 释义 |
chick
I. \ˈchik\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English chike, chiken — more at chicken
1.
a. : chicken; especially : one newly hatched or still downy
b. : the young of any bird
2. : child — often used as a term of endearment
3. slang : a young woman
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English chicken, chykkyn, perhaps of imitative origin; from the cracking of seeds when they germinate
dialect England : sprout
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Hindi ciq, from Persian chiq
: a screen used in India and southeast Asia especially for a doorway and constructed of bamboo slips loosely bound by vertical strings and often painted
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: short for earlier chickeen, chickino, from Italian zecchino — more at sequin
India : a sequin formerly current at the ports of India at the value of four rupees |