turkey 详细解释

turkey

['tə:ki]

n.火鸡, 笨蛋,失败之作
Turkey
n.土耳其

n.

1. 火鸡[C]

Mother roasted a turkey for dinner.

妈妈烤了火鸡当晚餐。

2. 火鸡肉[U]

3. 【美】【口】(戏剧, 电影等的)失败之作[C]

That turkey of a TV show was off the air after just two weeks.

那个不受欢迎的电视节目只播了两星期就结束了。

The motion picture is a real turkey.

这部电影真糟。

4. 【美】【口】不中用的家伙; 笨蛋[C]

My brother-in-law thinks he knows everything but he's a real turkey.

我姐夫以为他什么都懂, 实际上他真是个白痴。

词形变化

名词复数: turkeys |

英英释义

名词 turkey:

large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

同义词:Meleagris gallopavo

a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923

同义词:Republic of Turkey

a person who does something thoughtless or annoying

同义词:joker

flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted

an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

同义词:bomb, dud

补充

turkeyturkey[ˈtə:ki]n.1.火鸡; 火鸡肉Shall we have fish instead of turkey today?今天我们不吃火鸡肉吃鱼好吗?2.蠢货

例句

1. It's a proper Christmas dinner, with turkey and bread sauce.这是顿像样的圣诞大餐, 有火鸡和面包酱。 2. It’s almost disappointing when the National Theatre turns out something that isn’t a complete turkey.国家剧院演出的并不是彻底的失败之作, 倒令人有些失望了。 3. roasted/smoked turkey烤/熏火鸡 4. turkey sandwiches/burgers火鸡三明治/汉堡包 5. We had a traditional turkey dinner on Thanksgiving.我们感恩节吃了传统的火鸡晚餐。 6. The new play was a turkey. [=flop]这部新剧是一大败笔。 7. He was acting like a complete turkey.他表现得像个十足的笨蛋。 8. It's time to talk turkey about the problems in our relationship.是该坦率地谈谈我们的关系中存在的问题了。