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    capon

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Agriculture, Food
    ca·pon /ˈkeɪpən $ -pɑːn, -pən/ noun [countable]  TADFa male chicken that has had its sex organs removed to make it grow big and fat 〔供食用的〕阉鸡
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    capon• A capon is a surgically unsexed male chicken, usually less than eight months old.• Christmas dinner is built around horsd'oeuvres, various kinds of pasta, capon and turkey.    Origin capon (900-1000) Old North French Latin capo
    ca·pon nounChineseSyllable
    its had removed Corpus male a organs has sex that chicken


    capon
    ca‧pon /ˈkeɪpən $ -pɑːn, -pən/ noun [countable]
     Date: 900-1000
     Language: Old North French
     Origin: Latin capo
    a male chicken that has had its sex organs removed to make it grow big and fat


    caponBrE /ˈkeɪpɒn/ 🔊, /ˈkeɪpən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkeɪpɑːn/ 🔊 nouna male chicken that has been castrated(= had part of its sex organs removed) and made fat for eating 阉鸡（育肥以供食用）