mid-14c. shortening of chicken (n.). Extended to human offspring (often in alliterative pairing chick and child) and thence used as a term of endearment. As slang for "young woman" it is first recorded 1927 (in "Elmer Gantry"), supposedly from U.S. black slang. In British use in this sense by c. 1940; popularized by Beatniks late 1950s. Chicken in this sense is from 1711. Sometimes c. 1600-1900 chicken was taken as a plural, chick as a singular (compare child/children) for the domestic fowl.
权威例句
1. Boil the chick peas, add garlic and lemon juice.
把鹰嘴豆放在开水中煮,并加入大蒜和柠檬汁。
2. Chick peas have a distinctive, delicious and nutty flavour.
鹰嘴豆有独特可口的坚果风味。
3. The chick initially has no fear of man.
小鸡天生并不怕人。
4. A weasel ran off with a chick in its mouth.
黄鼠狼叼走一只小鸡.
5. I like the look of the chick.
我喜欢那个少妇的长相.
词语辨析
【chicken, chick】
这二者均可指小鸡,
chicken: 还可以当鸡肉 The chicken is delicious.
chick: 小鸡