hen
US: /ˈhɛn/
UK: /hˈɛn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
hen /hen/- danh từ
- gà mái
- (định ngữ) mái (chim)
- (đùa cợt) đàn bà
- like a hen with one chicken
- tất cả bận rộn, lăng xăng rối rít
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 a female chicken, often kept for its eggs or meat: a small flock of laying hens + battery hens
2 (especially in compounds) any female bird: a hen pheasant
Compare: COCK
See also -
Collocation
ADJ.
speckled | battery, free-range | mother
She fussed around like mother hen.
| broody
VERB + HEN
keep
HEN + VERB
lay (eggs)
The hen layed three beautiful speckled eggs.
| cackle, cluck, squawk
I could hear the hens clucking in the farmyard.
| roost | peck, scratch
The hens pecked hopefully at the dusty floor.
HEN + NOUN
coop, house, roost
Concise dictionary
henshennoun
+adult female chicken
+adult female bird
+flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
+female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster