母鸡

If the hen does not prate,she will not lay.

唠叨下蛋。

The hen brought off a brood of young.

孵出了一窝小。

This hen is gray with white speckles.

这只色带白斑点。

It is time for hens to brood.

该是孵蛋的时候了。

The hen gave a squawk when it saw the cat.

见到猫时咯咯叫了起来。

The hen cackles when she has laid an egg.

下了蛋就咯咯地叫。

The hen pecked a hole in the sack.

在麻袋上啄了一个窟窿。

The hen is brooding her eggs.

正在孵小。

The hens pecked at the corn.

在啄食谷子。

The hen has hatched all her chickens out.

这只已经孵出了她的全部小。

A hen hatches chickens.

孵化小。

A hen hovers her chicks.

一只在孵小。

The hen laid three eggs.

下了三个蛋。

Teetotalism is against nature. Like a bishop waiting at a bus stop or a hen laying eggs at midnight.

沾是违背自然的，就象一个主教在汽车站等车或者一只在半夜下蛋一样。

We had eaten very good cold chicken at noon but this was still famous chicken country, so we had poularde de Bresse and a bottle of Montagny, a light, pleasant white wine of the neighborhood.

我们中午已经吃过十分出色的冷，但这里仍然是以有美味的飨客的地区，所以我们要了布雷斯式烤小和一瓶蒙塔尼，那是这一带地方出产的一种清淡可口的白葡萄。