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setting hen

/ˈsetɪŋ hen/

翻译: 正在孵蛋的母鸡;也比喻固执地待在一个地方不动或不愿改变主意的人。

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/ˈsetɪŋ hen/informal已废弃
  • zh正在孵蛋的母鸡;也比喻固执地待在一个地方不动或不愿改变主意的人。

A hen that is broody and sits on eggs to hatch them; also used figuratively to describe a person who is stubbornly settled in one place or refuses to move.

  1. Broody HenB1formal

    A hen that sits on a clutch of eggs to incubate them and hatch chicks.

    zh抱窝鸡

    • The farmer placed the eggs under a setting hen.
    • A setting hen will rarely leave the nest.
    • The setting hen clucked softly as she turned the eggs.