chicken-and-egg
鸡肉和鸡蛋,鸡和蛋,鸡蛋,鸡生蛋
Definitions
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- : of, relating to, or being a dilemma of which of two things came first or of which is the cause and which the effect: a chicken-and-egg question of whether matter or energy is the basis of the universe.
Examples
As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.
Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
Wearing the right foot of a chicken was considered good luck.
Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.
Almost as soon as she had finished building her nest she had discovered a strange-looking egg there.
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.