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drumstick

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Food, dish, Music, Food
drum·stick /ˈdrʌmˌstɪk/ noun [countable]  1. DFFthe lower part of the leg of a chicken or other bird, cooked as food 〔鸡或其他禽类的〕腿下段,琵琶腿2. drumsticks.jpg APMa stick that you use to hit a drum 鼓槌
Examples from the Corpus
drumstickThe Livesey grandchildren accepted her as an unprotesting and highly flexible playmate, occasionally using her forearms as drumsticks.From a distance the braces look to be giant bleached drumsticks of a creature long dead.A hot chicken take away counter offering freshly cooked drumsticks, thighs and whole cooked chickens was introduced at Merton.Cynthia could eat the drumstick, and he could not.No matter how hard he tried, he would never be able to eat the drumstick.The guy was standing knock-kneed in his front yard holding a quarter chicken by the end of the drumstick.Ruefully, Grimm took up the drumstick again and gnawed.
drum·stick nounChineseSyllable
the chicken or the leg a of lower Corpus of other part


drumstick
drumstick /ˈdrʌmˌstɪk/ noun [countable]
1. the lower part of the leg of a chicken or other bird, cooked as food
2.
  a stick that you use to hit a drum


drum·stickBrE /ˈdrʌmstɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdrʌmstɪk/ 🔊 noun
a stick used for playing a drum 鼓槌
the lower part of the leg of a chicken or other bird that is cooked and eaten as food 熟鸡(或家禽)腿下段;下段鸡(或家禽)腿肉a chicken/turkey drumstick 鸡/火鸡腿下段