pullet

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpʊlɪt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A young hen, especially one less than a year old.
    — They died not because the Pullets would not feed: but because the Devil foresaw their death, he contrived that abstinence in them.
  2. A spineless person; a coward. slang
  3. A girl or young woman. obsolete,slang

词形变化

pullets plural

词汇关系

相关词
poultry pullulate birdlet chick

词源

From Middle English polet, pulet, from Anglo-Norman pullet, Old French poulet (“young chicken”); polette (“young hen”), from poule (“hen”), from Vulgar Latin pulla, feminine form of pullus. Doublet of poult. Compare also Middle English pulle. By surface analysis, pull(us) + -et.
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