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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
We are a chicken meat producing and exporting company that has been established in Izmir Turkey.
我们是一家鸡肉生产和出口公司，已经建立了在伊兹密尔土耳其。
She avoided the issue by ordering a turkey sandwich
她点了份火鸡三明治，以此来避开这个重要问题。
Avoid Using In: Turkey, Brazil, Venezuela, and France.
在土耳其、巴西、委内瑞拉、和法国请避免使用。
They associate turkey with Thanksgiving.
他们把火鸡和感恩节联系在一起。
The two great rivers of the Middle East rise in the mountains of Turkey.
中东地区的两大河流发源于土耳其境内的山脉。