Spring chicken
童子鸡
📖 牛津释义
spring chicken
1 young chicken for eating 笋鸡.
2 (fig joc 比喻, 谑) young person 年轻人
She's no spring chicken, is she? 她已经不是黄毛丫头了, 对吧?
🧩 词语组成解析
spring
[sprɪŋ]
n. 春季;泉水，小溪;弹簧，弹性;跳跃;
vi. 跳，跃;突然发出或出现;发源;劈开，裂开;
vt. 突然跳出;跳过;使开裂;
adj. 春天的;弹簧的，有弹性的;
chicken
['tʃɪkɪn]
n. 鸡;鸡肉;胆小鬼;懦夫;
adj. 胆怯的;幼小的;胆小的;
vi. 以畏缩的方式去做，失去勇气;在最后一刻因胆怯而退出了;
chick小鸡+en表名词 →小鸡
🗣️ 情景例句
if you don't mind listening.
假如你不介意听的话。
Do flying saucers really exist?
飞碟真的存在吗？
The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
事实上搜寻工作很困难，因为常常是早晨在甲地发现那只美洲狮，晚上却在20英里外的乙地发现它的踪迹。