a hen sparrow 雌麻雀。 a hen crab 雌蟹。a hen on 策划中的阴谋 (There's a hen on. 其中有阴谋)。 A hen is on. 有人正策划阴谋。 as mad as a wet hen 〔美俚〕非常生气。 like a hen on a hot girdle 像热锅上的蚂蚁,坐立不安;极为难受。 like a hen with one chicken 大惊小怪,无事忙。 sell one's hens on a rainy day 亏本出售。
I'll warrant we'll never see him sell his hen on a rainy day . 我可以担保我们不会看到她在下雨天卖母鸡的。
A hen is on . 有人正策划阴谋。
The weasel goes to pay his respects to the hen -- not with the best of intentions . 黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,没安好心。
I digress. my tale does not primarily concern itself with the hen . 我离题太远了,我所要讲的故事主要不是关于鸡。
The grandmother raised her head like a parched old turkey hen crying for water . 祖母抬起头,象一只非常口渴的老雌火鸡叫着要水喝。
After breakfast the ogre said to his wife: "bring me my hen that lays the golden eggs. " 早饭后,妖魔对他妻子说:“把我那只会下金蛋的母鸡抱来。”
A speckled hen swaggered down the main street of the "settlement", cackling foolishly . 一只花母鸡沿着“居民点”的大街一摇一晃地走着,一面咯咯地傻叫。
In a few minutes he had reached the beanstalk and was clambering down, the hen tucked safely under his arm . 不久来到豆茎旁,他把母鸡牢牢夹在腋下向下爬去。
A few hens and then a rooster, intended to serve god's mysterious ends, struggle through to maturity . 有几只母鸡,偶尔也有一只公鸡竟能迎合上帝神秘的意愿历经磨难活下来。
My three barbary hens and the black are the best layers in champagne. and you come and tell me that there are no eggs ! 我那三只巴巴里母鸡跟那只黑母鸡是全香槟省最好的下蛋鸡。你倒来跟我说没有鸡蛋!