poultry
/ˈpəʊl.tri/ (bre, ipa) · [pˈoltri] /ˈpoʊl.tri/ (ame, ipa) · [pˈoltri] /ˈpōl-trē/ (ame, mw)
poultry — 名詞
1. birds on a farm, including ducks, geese, and chickens, that people keep for eggs
家禽
為蛋或肉飼養的鳥類
birds on a farm, including ducks, geese, and chickens, that people keep for eggs or food
Farmers raise poultry behind the red barn near Tainan.
農夫在台南附近那座紅色穀倉後方飼養家禽。
collocation: raise poultry
The school keeps poultry so students can collect fresh eggs.
那所學校養家禽，好讓學生可以撿新鮮雞蛋。
purpose: keep poultry for eggs
During the storm, workers moved the poultry into a warm shed.
暴風雨期間，工人把家禽移進溫暖的棚子裡。
Mr. Lin sells live poultry from wooden cages at the Sunday market.
Lin 先生在週日市場賣裝在木籠裡的活家禽。
Ducks and geese are common poultry on that small family farm.
鴨和鵝是那座小型家庭農場常見的家禽。
- fowl
More formal or technical, and often less common in everyday speech.
- domestic birds
A broader phrase that can include birds not raised mainly for meat or eggs.
用法筆記
Usually treated as an uncountable group noun. Common in farming and food-production contexts, not for one individual bird.
常見錯誤
2. food made from farm birds such as chicken, duck, or goose
禽肉
家禽做成的肉類
food made from farm birds such as chicken, duck, or goose
We bought fresh poultry for the hot pot dinner tonight.
我們買了新鮮禽肉，今晚要煮火鍋。
collocation: fresh poultry
This soup uses poultry instead of beef or pork.
這道湯用禽肉，不用牛肉或豬肉。
The cook stored raw poultry on the bottom shelf of the fridge.
廚師把生禽肉放在冰箱最下層的架子上。
Some patients avoid poultry after the surgery because chewing hurts.
有些病人在手術後會避免吃禽肉，因為咀嚼會痛。
The cafe serves rice, vegetables, and grilled poultry at lunch.
那家咖啡館午餐供應米飯、蔬菜和烤禽肉。
- chicken
Often the everyday meat word, but it names one kind of poultry rather than the whole category.
- white meat
A cooking term that overlaps with poultry but does not cover every case exactly.
用法筆記
Usually uncountable in cooking, menus, and food-safety advice. Distinguish from sense 1, which names the live birds rather than the meat.