| 词汇 | spring-chicken |
| 释义 | spring chicken noun uk /ˌsprɪŋ ˈtʃɪk.ɪn/ us /ˌsprɪŋ ˈtʃɪk.ɪn/ [ C or U ] a young chicken for eating, or the meat from a young chicken: You can also prepare barbecue spring chickens in this way. For the main course the scallops and spring chicken were a real highlight. [ C ]informal a young person; usually used in negative contexts to say someone is no longer young: He's no spring chicken anymore. Getting fit takes time and commitment and if you're no spring chicken, you have to take it easy along the way. At 63 she's still a spring chicken compared to the other residents. Meat - general words barbecue beefsteak breast carrion charcuterie chub crown fowl game gristle joint lardon marrowbone meat meaty poultry Quorn red meat tikka white meat You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Describing age & birthdays spring chicken | American Dictionaryspring chicken noun[ C ] us/ˈsprɪŋ ˈtʃɪk·ən/ infml a young person: I think I look pretty good, considering I'm no spring chicken. Examples of spring chickenspring chicken It is sometimes also called springchicken, although the term springchicken usually refers to chickens weighing 750 850. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Amongst the varieties of poultry recently purchased are single poussin, double poussin, spring chickens, roasting chickens and capons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it is something like living upon day-old chicks when one might be waiting for spring chickens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thus, the main sources of poultry meat 100 years ago (spring chickens and stewing hens) have both been entirely supplanted by meat-type broiler chickens. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Thus, the main sources of poultry meat a hundred years ago (spring chickens and stewing hens) have both been entirely supplanted by meat-type broiler chickens. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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