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

• a Thanksgiving dinner of turkey and all the trimmings.
  有火鸡及各色配菜的感恩节大餐
• They broiled Turkey over a charcoal flame.
  他们在炭火上烤火鸡。
• 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。
• Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.
  土耳其和希腊是前苏联与反苏国家之间的缓冲国。
• The BBC is also stopping all radio broadcasts in Russia, Ukraine and Turkey.
  bbc还停止了在俄罗斯、乌克兰和土耳其的所有电台服务。
• Dr Kengerli looks to Turkey as his mother country.
  肯戈理博士视土耳其为自己的祖国。
• Chestnuts can be used at Christmas time, as a stuffing for turkey, guinea fowl or chicken.
  栗子可以在圣诞节时作火鸡、珍珠鸡或家鸡的填料。
• Nixon and I agreed on the importance of Turkey, Pakistan, and Iran.
  尼克松和我都同感土耳其，巴基斯坦，伊朗这三国的重要性。
• 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。
• Turkey plans to harness the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for big hydro-electric power projects.
  土耳其计划利用底格里斯河和幼发拉底河的河水开发大型水电项目。