poult

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /pɒlt/|/pəʊlt/    美 /poʊlt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).
    — ‘I even questioned,’ said he, ‘whether there will not be, in about a week's time, some nice turkey powts.’

词形变化

poults plural powt alternative

词源

From Middle English pult, a variant of pulet, polet, from Old French poulet (“young fowl”), diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pulla. For the development of the stressed vowel, see poultry. Doublet of pullet.
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