- 1小母雞(第一年開始下蛋的)
A pullet is a young hen in the farm sense: a female chicken in her first year of laying eggs. She is past the fluffy chick stage, but she is not yet a full, mature hen.
A pullet is pullet指的是 a young hen農場說法裡年輕的母雞 in the farm sense農場的講法 a female chicken母雞 in her first year of laying eggs在牠下蛋的第一年 She is她已經 past the fluffy chick stage過了毛茸茸小雞的階段 but she is not yet但還不是 a full, mature hen完全成熟的母雞
Pullet eggs are often smaller than the eggs of an older bird. You will meet the word on farms, in feed shops, and in careful talk about flocks — not usually at the dinner table, where people just say chicken.
Pullet eggs pullet生的蛋 are often smaller通常比較小 than the eggs of an older bird比年紀較大的雞下的蛋小 You will meet the word你會在這些地方遇到這個字 on farms, in feed shops農場、飼料店 and in careful talk about flocks還有講究一點在講雞群的場合 not usually at the dinner table不常在餐桌上講 where people just say chicken那裡大家就直接說chicken
A young male is not a pullet; he is a .
A young male年輕的公雞 is not a pullet不叫pullet he is a cockerel而是cockerel
The word came from Anglo-Norman and Old French poulet, “young chicken,” from poule, “hen,” going back to Latin pullus, a young animal. It is an old farming word that never became city slang.
The word came from這個字來自 Anglo-Norman and Old French盎格魯-諾曼語和古法語的 poulet, "young chicken"poulet,意思是「小雞」 from poule, "hen"源自poule,也就是「母雞」 going back to Latin pullus再往前追到拉丁文的pullus a young animal意思是「幼小的動物」 It is它是 an old farming word一個老派的農場用字 that never became city slang從來沒有變成城市裡的流行說法
core核心畫面
組成From Middle English polet, pulet, from Anglo-Norman pullet, Old French poulet (“young chicken”) and polette (“young hen”), from poule (“hen”), from Vulgar Latin pulla, feminine of pullus. Doublet of poult. By surface analysis, Latin pullus + -et.
同家族的字
- poulta doublet from the same French family; now usually a young turkey
- poultrysame French poule / poulet family: birds kept for meat and eggs
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pulletnoun/ˈpʊlɪt/
- 1
A young hen, especially one less than a year old.
- They died not because the Pullets would not feed: but because the Devil foresaw their death, he contrived that abstinence in them.
- The dinner-hour being arrived, Black George carried her up a pullet, the squire himself [...] attending the door.
- 2
slangA spineless person; a coward.
- 3
obsoleteslangA girl or young woman.
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