count chickens

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To trust in something good that is not yet certain.
    — I was starting to count chickens, but then I had always worked on the principle that it was good to talk oneself out of being tired, or pessimistic.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see count, chicken.

词形变化

counts chickens present,singular,third-person counting chickens participle,present counted chickens participle,past counted chickens past

词源

A reference to the proverb don't count your chickens before they're hatched
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