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hen /hen/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1. HBAan adult female chicken 母鸡2. HBAa fully grown female bird 成年雌禽

Examples from the Corpus

hen• One different factor from hens is age.• Short and barrel-cheated, Rowley is feisty as a game hen, with a studied Oklahoma twang.• Inside the chicken run - mesh bed bases tied with baling twine - the hens nested in a fridge.• The hen harrier is also the least migratory of the three species, more able to tolerate the cold.• Outside, single shouts sounded - a threatening growl from several voices together - hens squawking.• A young tom turkey is a young male turkey with the same characteristics as a young hen turkey. 4.Origin hen Old English henn

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chicken Corpus an adult female

hen
hen /hen/ noun [countable]1. an adult female chicken
2. a fully grown female bird

henBrE /hen/ 🔊NAmE /hen/ 🔊 nouna female chicken, often kept for its eggs or meat 母鸡◆a small flock of laying hens一小群下蛋的母鸡◆battery hens层架式鸡笼饲养的母鸡 (especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词) any female bird 雌禽◆a hen pheasant雌雉  ➡  compare cock noun (1) , cock (2)  ➡  see also moorhen