turkey
A bird in the genus Meleagris, usually with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neckA bird in the genus Meleagris, usually with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.: A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
» Tom was attacked by a wild turkey.
Tom wurde von einem wilden Truthahn angegriffen.
На Тома напал дикий индюк.
Значение
значений: 11A bird in the genus Meleagris, usually with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
(исчисляемое)A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
Pute, Puter, Truthahn
индю́кindjúk, инде́йкаindéjka, индю́шкаindjúška
інди́кindýk, інди́чкаindýčka
(исчисляемое)A domesticated bird of Meleagris gallopavo domesticus.
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
(неисчисляемое)The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
Pute, Putenfleisch, Trutenfleisch
індича́тинаindyčátyna, інди́чинаindýčyna, інди́кindýk
(исчисляемое)With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
(исчисляемое)An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
(исчисляемое, пренебрежительное, сленг)A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
(Австралия, США, исчисляемое, устаревшее, сленг)A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.
(США, исчисляемое, сленг)A failure.
That film was a turkey.
(США, исчисляемое, пренебрежительное, mildly, сленг, обычно)A foolish or inept person.
The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.
(пренебрежительное, сленг)A prostitute.
Shorty think she slick, but everybody know she a turkey.
(исчисляемое, устаревшее)The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
Примеры
предложений: 419Tom was attacked by a wild turkey.
На Тома напал дикий индюк.
deTom wurde von einem wilden Truthahn angegriffen.
When do you eat turkey?
Когда вы едите индейку?
deWann isst du Truthahn?
Do you want a turkey sandwich?
Хочешь бутерброд с индейкой?
Tom put the turkey in the oven.
Том положил индейку в духовку.
ukТом поклав індика до духовки.
deTom schob den Truthahn in den Ofen.
Let's talk turkey.
Давай поговорим начистоту.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 2
По значениям 1
По значениям 2
Происхождение
Clipping of turkey-cock and turkey-hen, originally denoting the guinea fowl, an African biClipping of turkey-cock and turkey-hen, originally denoting the guinea fowl, an African bird that was first imported to Europe through Turkey, but there is some controversy over the origin. The word was then transferred to the superficially similar North American bird Meleagris gallopavo.
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Формы
мн. число: turkeysСинонимы
синонимов: 215- large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food:Meleagris gallopavo
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual:bombdud
- a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923:Republic of Turkey
- a person who does something thoughtless or annoying:joker
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 54Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым