hens

英 [hɛnz]

美 [hɛnz]

n.  母鸡; 雌禽
hen的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• 母鸡
  Ahenis a female chicken. People often keep hens in order to eat them or sell their eggs.
• N-COUNT 雌禽
  The female of any bird can be referred to as ahen.
  1. ...ostrich hens.
     雌性鸵鸟

双语例句

• They grew potatoes and vegetables, and kept hens and cows.
  他们自己种土豆和蔬菜，还养母鸡和奶牛。
• Are your hens laying well?
  你的母鸡下蛋多吗？
• Edison asked his father why he was not able to hatch chickens while hens can.
  爱迪生问他爸爸为什么他不能孵出小鸡，而母鸡却能。
• The hens pecked a hole in the sack.
  母鸡在袋上啄了一个洞。
• I threw pebbles at the hens, and that made them jump and squawk.
  我朝母鸡扔卵石，吓得它们乱跳乱叫。
• The hens darted away on all sides, raising a cloud of dust.
  一群母鸡四处乱窜，搅起一团尘土。
• They are prolific breeders, with many hens laying up to six eggs.
  他们都是多产的饲养员，养的母鸡很多都可以下6个蛋之多。
• I have fourteen roosters and fifteen hens.
  我有十四只公鸡和十五只母鸡。
• The hens have been cooped up for the night.
  母鸡被关在笼中过夜。
• The hens don't lay during this cold weather.
  这样冷的天气母鸡不会下蛋。