Spring chicken
童子鸡
📖 牛津释义
spring chicken
1 young chicken for eating 笋鸡.
2 (fig joc 比喻, 谑) young person 年轻人
She's no spring chicken, is she? 她已经不是黄毛丫头了, 对吧?
🧩 词语组成解析
spring
[sprɪŋ]
n. 春季;泉水，小溪;弹簧，弹性;跳跃;
vi. 跳，跃;突然发出或出现;发源;劈开，裂开;
vt. 突然跳出;跳过;使开裂;
adj. 春天的;弹簧的，有弹性的;
chicken
['tʃɪkɪn]
n. 鸡;鸡肉;胆小鬼;懦夫;
adj. 胆怯的;幼小的;胆小的;
vi. 以畏缩的方式去做，失去勇气;在最后一刻因胆怯而退出了;
chick小鸡+en表名词 →小鸡
🗣️ 情景例句
He says he'll get up at six tomorrow morning, but he'll never make it.
他说他明天早上要6点起床，但他是绝对做不到的。
When the ffish is caught the net is laid aside.
鱼获网弃。
To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn,
尽管我们人人都有各种大小秘密。连最亲密的朋友都不愿让他们知道，