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

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。
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。
They associate turkey with Thanksgiving.
他们把火鸡和感恩节联系在一起。
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。
Greece broke off relations with Turkey.
希腊断绝了与土耳其的关系。
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。
It's a color of both Switzerland and Turkey.
它是瑞士和土耳其双方的颜色。
These base camps were used by the PKK guerrillas to make forays into Turkey.
这些基地训练营被库尔德工人党游击队用于对土耳其实施突袭行动。
Nixon and I agreed on the importance of Turkey, Pakistan, and Iran.
尼克松和我都同感土耳其，巴基斯坦，伊朗这三国的重要性。