n. 公鸡, 雄禽, 龙头, 头目, 锥形小干草堆vt. 使耸立, 使竖起, 堆成锥形小干草堆vi. 大摇大摆地走, 翘起【化】 旋塞; 旋塞阀; (俗称)考克相关词组: go off at half cock

• chicken/ cock/ hen
  
  
  Ⅰ.chicken的意思是小鸡、鸡（泛指）、鸡肉。如：
  
  ① Chickens pip. 小鸡吱吱叫。
  
  ② He feeds 10,000 chickens on his farm.
  
  ③ We had chicken for lunch.
  
  Ⅱ.cock的意思是公鸡、雄鸡。如：
  
  ① Cocks crow at dawn. 天亮时公鸡喔喔叫。
  
  Ⅲ.hen的意思是母鸡。如：
  
  A hen cackles when she lays an egg. 母鸡生蛋时咯咯地叫。
  
  [注] 鸡窝译为hen coop,鸡舍译为hen house。这里的hen笼统地代表鸡。
  
  
  
  
  

duck/hen/cock/rooster/turkey/chick/goose
记忆：
1. duck [ dQk ] n. 鸭子 v. 急忙蹲下 The most famous duck in the world must be Duck Donald. 世界上最著名的鸭子一定是唐老鸭。
2. hen [ hen ] n. 母鸡, 雌鸟 Edison ever sat on some eggs like a hen in the hope of hatching some chickens. 爱迪生象母鸡一样坐在一些蛋上，希望孵出小鸡来。
4. rooster [ 5ru:stE ] n. 雄禽, <主美>公鸡 Don’t you think roosters more good-looking than hens?你不认为公鸡比母鸡好看吗？
5. turkey [ 5tE:ki] n. 火鸡, 无用的东西 There are lots of turkeys in Turkey. 土耳其有许多火鸡。
6. chick [ tFik ] n. 即将孵出或刚孵出的小鸟, (尤指)小鸡 How lovely the chick is!这小鸡多可爱啊！
7. goose [ ^u:s ] n. 鹅, 雌鹅, 鹅肉 Look carefully. It’s not a goose, but a swan!看仔细。它不是家鹅，而是一只天鹅！
8. home bird 家禽 The government has taken effective steps to stop bird flu. 政府已经采取了有效措施来阻止从禽流感。
另类阅读：
Last spring the bird flu was a terrible event. Thousands of hens, cocks, chicks, ducks, geese were killed overnight, and many people were afraid to buy poultry meat.