turkey

英 [ˈtɜːki]

美 [ˈtɜːrki]

n.  吐绶鸡; 火鸡; 火鸡肉; 失败

复数：turkeys　

高考CET4CET6考研

Collins.1 / BNC.4180 / COCA.3292

习惯用语

n.

talk turkey
• 郑重其事地谈；严肃认真地谈
  to talk about sth seriously

牛津词典

noun

• 吐绶鸡；火鸡
  a large bird that is often kept for its meat, eaten especially at Christmas in Britain and at Thanksgiving in the US
• 火鸡肉
  meat from a turkey
  1. roast turkey
     烤火鸡肉
• 失败
  a failure
  1. His latest movie is a real turkey.
     他最近的那部电影是一大败笔。
• 笨蛋；草包
  a stupid or useless person

柯林斯词典

• See also:Turkeyis the flesh of this bird eaten as food.It's a proper Christmas dinner, with turkey and bread sauce.cold turkey

英英释义

noun

• large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail
  Synonym:Meleagris gallopavo
• an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
  1. the first experiment was a real turkey
  2. the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned
  Synonym:bombdud
• flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
• a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
  1. some joker is blocking the driveway
  Synonym:joker

双语例句

• It negotiated similar deals with Brazil and Turkey.
  中国与巴西和土耳其也就类似交易进行了谈判。
• These base camps were used by the PKK guerrillas to make forays into Turkey.
  这些基地训练营被库尔德工人党游击队用于对土耳其实施突袭行动。
• Oh! I see. We eat turkey and pumpkin pie on that day.
  哦，我明白了。我们在那一天吃火鸡和南瓜饼。
• We are a chicken meat producing and exporting company that has been established in Izmir Turkey.
  我们是一家鸡肉生产和出口公司，已经建立了在伊兹密尔土耳其。
• The haulage company was a carrier of machine parts to Turkey.
  该公路货运公司负责将机械零件运往土耳其。
• She avoided the issue by ordering a turkey sandwich
  她点了份火鸡三明治，以此来避开这个重要问题。
• They associate turkey with Thanksgiving.
  他们把火鸡和感恩节联系在一起。
• China will also sign agreements with Turkey and Egypt on cooperation in the customs, telecommunications, agriculture, economic technology and other fields.
  中国还将与土、埃两国就海关、电讯、农业及经济技术等领域合作签署一系列协议。
• a Thanksgiving dinner of turkey and all the trimmings.
  有火鸡及各色配菜的感恩节大餐
• The American president praised Turkey for its courage
  美国总统赞扬了土耳其的勇气。