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
Well, can you come fishing with me tomorrow?
那么， 你明天能和我一起去钓鱼吗？
But, at the same time, they wish he weren't going so far away.
但同时，他们希望他不要离得这么远。
Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.
每次意大利各城邦之间打伏，霍克伍德把他的士兵雇佣给愿给他出高价的君主。