turkey

英 [ˈtɜːki]

美 [ˈtɜːrki]

n. 吐绶鸡; 火鸡; 火鸡肉; 失败

复数：turkeys　

Collins.1 / BNC.4180 / COCA.3292

习惯用语

talk turkey

noun

吐绶鸡；火鸡
a large bird that is often kept for its meat, eaten especially at Christmas in Britain and at Thanksgiving in the US
火鸡肉
meat from a turkey
1. roast turkey
  烤火鸡肉
失败
a failure
1. His latest movie is a real turkey.
  他最近的那部电影是一大败笔。
笨蛋；草包
a stupid or useless person

noun

large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail
Synonym:Meleagris gallopavo
an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
1. the first experiment was a real turkey
2. the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned
Synonym:bombdud
flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
1. some joker is blocking the driveway
Synonym:joker

The BBC is also stopping all radio broadcasts in Russia, Ukraine and Turkey.
bbc还停止了在俄罗斯、乌克兰和土耳其的所有电台服务。
Chestnuts can be used at Christmas time, as a stuffing for turkey, guinea fowl or chicken.
栗子可以在圣诞节时作火鸡、珍珠鸡或家鸡的填料。
Turkey plans to harness the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for big hydro-electric power projects.
土耳其计划利用底格里斯河和幼发拉底河的河水开发大型水电项目。
It negotiated similar deals with Brazil and Turkey.
中国与巴西和土耳其也就类似交易进行了谈判。
The haulage company was a carrier of machine parts to Turkey.
该公路货运公司负责将机械零件运往土耳其。
Alexandretta had been occupied by the French in 1918 after the defeat of Turkey.
土耳其溃败之后，亚历山大勒塔在1918年被法国人占领。
Dr Kengerli looks to Turkey as his mother country.
肯戈理博士视土耳其为自己的祖国。
Oh! I see. We eat turkey and pumpkin pie on that day.
哦，我明白了。我们在那一天吃火鸡和南瓜饼。
It's a color of both Switzerland and Turkey.
它是瑞士和土耳其双方的颜色。
Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.
土耳其和希腊是前苏联与反苏国家之间的缓冲国。