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词汇 chook
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Definition of chook in English:

chook

(also chookie)
noun tʃʊk
Australian, NZ informal
  • 1A chicken or fowl.

    〈澳/新西兰,非正式〉小鸡;家禽

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact, there were more than 20 species of moa varying in size from that of a chook through to three metres tall.
    • Working-class immigrants, imbued with the dream of three acres and a cow, settled for a quarter-acre suburban block and a pen of chooks.
    • Russell also kept free range chooks, ducks and geese, most but not all of whom became quite adept at avoiding the local dogs.
    • Eight countries have now confirmed its presence among chicken populations, tens of millions of chooks have been killed or have died and at least eight people have died due to bird flu.
    • Having more land of their own would also enable the Heuvels to experiment with different types of feed crops for their chooks, as the Kiwis say.
  • 2derogatory An older woman.

    〈冒犯〉老太婆

Origin

1920s: probably from English dialect chuck 'chicken', of imitative origin.

Rhymes

betook, book, brook, Brooke, Chinook, Coke, cook, Cooke, crook, forsook, Gluck, hook, look, mistook, nook, partook, rook, schnook, schtuck, Shilluk, shook, Tobruk, took, undercook, undertook
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