hens

英 [hɛnz]

美 [hɛnz]

n.  母鸡; 雌禽
hen的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• 母鸡
  Ahenis a female chicken. People often keep hens in order to eat them or sell their eggs.
• N-COUNT 雌禽
  The female of any bird can be referred to as ahen.
  1. ...ostrich hens.
     雌性鸵鸟

双语例句

• I would rather be killed by them than be bitten by the ducks or pecked by the hens.
  我宁愿被他们杀死也不愿被那些鸭子咬或是被那些母鸡啄。
• Our hens have hatched thirteen chickens.
  我们的母鸡孵出了13只小鸡。
• The ducks bit him, the hens pecked him, and the girl who fed them kicked him aside.
  大鸭们咬他，母鸡们啄他，而喂食他们的女孩把他踢到旁边去。
• Edison asked his father why he was not able to hatch chickens while hens can.
  爱迪生问他爸爸为什么他不能孵出小鸡，而母鸡却能。
• She reckoned the number of eggs laid by the hens during the month.
  她数了一下这个月里母鸡下了多少蛋。
• The hens don't lay during this cold weather.
  这样冷的天气母鸡不会下蛋。
• Are your hens laying well?
  你的母鸡下蛋多吗？
• I have fourteen roosters and fifteen hens.
  我有十四只公鸡和十五只母鸡。
• My grandma keeps many hens.
  我奶奶养了许多只母鸡。
• They are prolific breeders, with many hens laying up to six eggs.
  他们都是多产的饲养员，养的母鸡很多都可以下6个蛋之多。