chen

chen — 名詞

  • chensingular
  • chensplural

1. a scientific name, used especially in older bird books, for a group of geese inc

1.名詞C2
釋義

白雁屬

舊分類中以雪雁為主的一類雁

a scientific name, used especially in older bird books, for a group of geese including the snow goose, whose adult birds are mainly white

例句

The field guide lists the snow goose under the genus Chen.

這本圖鑑把雪雁列在 Chen 屬下。

technical noun in a classification statement

Bao copied the name Chen beside a white goose sketch.

Bao 在白雁素描旁抄下了名稱 Chen。

文法句型

the genus Chen

place + bird species + in Chen

用法筆記

Used mostly in technical or older bird-classification writing. Many modern sources place these geese in the genus Anser instead, so Chen often appears in historical labels or taxonomic discussion rather than everyday English.

常見錯誤

❌We saw three chen by the lake.
✅We saw three geese by the lake.
💡chen is a rare scientific genus name, not the usual everyday word for the birds.
❌Most modern bird guides put snow geese in Chen.
✅Some older bird guides put snow geese in Chen.
💡many current guides use Anser instead, so Chen often sounds dated or specialist.