pullet
英 ['p?l?t]
- n. 小母雞
GRE
中文詞源
pullet 小母雞
來自古法語poule,小母雞，來自拉丁語pullus,小動物，家禽，來自PIE*pulo,小動物，來自PIE*pau,小的，少的，詞源同few,foal,filly.-et,小詞后綴。
英文詞源
- pullet
- pullet: see poultry
- pullet (n.)
- late 14c., "young fowl" (late 13c. as a surname), from Anglo-French pullet, Old French poulette, poilette, diminutive of poule, poille "hen," from Vulgar Latin *pulla, fem. of Latin pullus "young animal," especially "young fowl" (source also of Spanish pollo "chicken," Italian pollo "fowl;" see foal (n.)). Technically, a young hen from the time she begins to lay until the first molt.
雙語例句
- 1. The little pullet pushed through the crowded henhouse over to the door .
- 小母雞艱難地走過擁擠雞群走到門口。
來自辭典例句
- 2. That is to vaccinate a pullet flock at least twice for IBD.
- 這就是:對青年雞至少進行2次IBD免疫.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. Better an egg today than a pullet.
- 今天一個雞蛋,勝過明天一只小母雞.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)