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
Then, in college, I became good at it.
然后， 在大学， 我变得很精于数学。
Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail.
你跟驴子开玩笑，将被驴尾打耳光。
If they had only had one more child, the fact would have passed unnoticed.
如果他们只添了1个孩子，这件事本来就不会引起任何人的注意。