英汉词典

hen 基本解释

• n. 母鸡；女人；雌禽
• n. (Hen)人名；(日)边(姓)；(法)昂；(波、柬)亨

hen 词态变化

hen 中文词源

来自古英语henn,来自PIE*kan,唱，吟唱，词源同chant,cantor.引申词义打鸣的鸟，即公鸡，参照古英语hana,公鸡。

hen 英文词源

hen

hen: [OE] Etymologically, a hen is a ‘singing bird’. The word goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic *khanon ‘male fowl, cock’, which was related to the Latin verb canere ‘sing’ (source of English chant). In the West Germanic dialects a feminine form developed, *khannjō, which has become German henne, Dutch hen, Swedish höna, Danish høne, and English hen. (The original masculine form survives in German hahn, Dutch haan, and Swedish and Danish hane, but English has given it up – the Old English word was hana, and if it had survived to the present day it would probably be *hane.) The metaphorical extension of the term to any female bird took place in the 14th century.
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hen (n.)

Old English henn, from West Germanic *hannjo (cognates: Old Frisian henn, Middle Dutch henne, Old High German henna), fem. of *han(e)ni "male fowl, cock" (source of Old English hana "cock"), literally "bird who sings (for sunrise)," from PIE root *kan- "to sing" (see chant).

The original masculine word survives in German (Hahn "cock"), Swedish, Danish, etc. German also has a generic form, Huhn, for either gender of the bird. Extension to "female of any bird species" is early 14c. in English. Hen as slang for "woman" dates from 1620s; hence hen party "gathering of women," first recorded 1887. To be mad as a wet hen is from 1823, but the figure was used to indicate other states:

Some, on the contrary, are viciously opposite to these, who act so tamely and so coldly, that when they ought to be angry, to thunder and lighten, as one may say, they are no fuller of Heat, than a wet Hen, as the Saying is; .... ["Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton," London, 1710]

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Orth. Out upon you for a dastardly Fellow; you han't the Courage of a wet Hen. ["A Sermon Preached at St. Mary-le-Bow, March 27, 1704"]

As wanton as a wet hen is in "Scots Proverbs" (1813). Among Middle English proverbial expressions was nice as a nonne hen "over-refined, fastidiously wanton" (c. 1500); to singen so hen in snowe "sing miserably," literally "sing like a hen in snow" (c. 1200). Hen's teeth as a figure of scarceness is attested by 1838.

hen 词组搭配

hen 英文释义

1. adult female chicken

2. adult female bird

3. flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing

4. female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster

hen 双语例句

1. The pheasant is a close relative of the Guinea hen.

雉与珍珠鸡有很近的亲缘关系。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The hen may not be able to feed its young.

雌鸟可能无法给幼鸟喂食。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The hen gave a squawk when It'saw the cat.

母鸡见到猫时咯咯叫了起来.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The higher officials knew there was a hen on.

高级官员们知道这里面有阴谋.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. If the hen does not prate, she will not lay.

母鸡不唠叨不下蛋.

来自《简明英汉词典》

hen 实用场景例句

a hen pheasant

雌雉

牛津词典

battery hens

层架式鸡笼饲养的母鸡

牛津词典

a small flock of laying hens

一小群下蛋的母鸡

牛津词典

...ostrich hens.

雌性鸵鸟

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A HEN would in theory allow to run homebrews, and probably ISOS as well.

HEN状态理论上可以运行自制程序, iso也 很有可能.

期刊摘选

Be careful, every 9 th level of the hen house contains a different set of birds.

小心.每第九个关卡的鸡舍拥有不一样种类的鸟.

期刊摘选

The hen brought off a brood of young.

母鸡孵出了一窝小鸡.

《简明英汉词典》

The hen rears her brood.

母鸡孵育一窝鸡雏.

期刊摘选

A hen hovers her chicks.

一只母鸡在孵小鸡.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The hen deposited four eggs in the nest this morning.

母鸡今早在窝里下了四个蛋.

期刊摘选

Nice to meet you, Mrs Hen, Mrs Hen.

见到你很高兴, 鸡夫人, 鸡夫人.

期刊摘选

This hen is gray with white speckles.

这只母鸡灰色带白斑点.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The hen layed three beautiful speckled eggs.

母鸡下了3枚蛋壳上有小斑点的漂亮鸡蛋.

《简明英汉词典》

The hen has flown away and the eggs in the coop are broken.

鸡飞蛋打.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The hen pecked a hole in the sack.

母鸡在麻袋上啄了一个窟窿.

《简明英汉词典》

Litter in the hen coop beds down if it is not raked.

鸡笼里的稻草如不清除会形成硬层.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The chickens gathered under the hen.

小鸡聚集在母鸡翅膀下面.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The hen sits in the hencoop [ henroost ].

母鸡 卧 窝.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The hen gave a squawk when It'saw the cat.

母鸡见到猫时咯咯叫了起来.

《简明英汉词典》

The hen ate the grains of corn on the ground.

母鸡啄食地上的谷粒.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The hen moved the chicks along with pecks.

母鸡用喙啄着小鸡往前走. 匆匆的一吻

《简明英汉词典》

The higher officials knew there was a hen on.

高级官员们知道这里面有阴谋.

《简明英汉词典》

If the hen does not prate, she will not lay.

母鸡不唠叨不下蛋.

《简明英汉词典》

The hen is sitting.

母鸡抱窝了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The hen is brooding her eggs.

母鸡正在孵小鸡.

《简明英汉词典》

This roast hen is done to a turn.

这鸡烤得正到火候.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The hen cackles when she has laid an egg.

母鸡下了蛋就咯咯地叫.

《简明英汉词典》

The hen has hatched all her chickens out.

这只母鸡已经孵出了她的全部小鸡.

《简明英汉词典》

The boy has got a hen sparrow.

那男孩抓到一只雌雀.

《简明英汉词典》

The pheasant is a close relative of the Guinea hen.

雉与珍珠鸡有很近的亲缘关系。

柯林斯例句