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hen-and-chickens

/hen-uhn-chik-uhnz/US // ˈhɛn ənˈtʃɪk ənz //

母鸡和小鸡,母鸡与小鸡,母鸡和鸡,母鸡和鸡群

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hens-and-chickens.

    • : any of several succulent plants that grow in clusters or colonies formed by runners or offshoots, as those of the genera Echeveria and Sempervivum.

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.

  • Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

  • Chickens require significantly less land, water, and energy than all other meat options except farmed salmon.

  • Later that night, that same black-and-red banner would be seen again—in the column of marchers chanting for dead cops.

  • 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.

  • Out of the darkening sky rang the twanging call of a night-hawk, and the cluck of a dozing hen sounded from the foliage overhead.

  • Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.

  • They were eaten too quickly, in long gulps of four-and-twenty hours at a time.