chick

英 [tʃɪk] 美[tʃɪk]

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复数: chicks;

chick 小鸡

来自chicken的逆构词。

chick (n.): mid-14c. shortening of chicken (n.). Extended to human offspring (often in alliterative pairing chick and child) and thence used as a term of endearment. As slang for "young woman" it is first recorded 1927 (in "Elmer Gantry"), supposedly from U.S. black slang. In British use in this sense by c. 1940; popularized by Beatniks late 1950s. Chicken in this sense is from 1711. Sometimes c. 1600-1900 chicken was taken as a plural, chick as a singular (compare child/children) for the domestic fowl.

2. Chick peas have a distinctive, delicious and nutty flavour.: 鹰嘴豆有独特可口的坚果风味。