turkey
معنی فارسی
بوقلمون
معنی کامل و مثال‌ها
/tu_r´kē/n., pl.
● (جانور شناسی) بوقلمون (تیره‌ی Meleagrididae به ویژه Meleagris gallopavo که اهلی است و Agriocharis ocellata که وحشی و بومی امریکای مرکزی است)
● گوشت بوقلمون
● (امریکا - خودمانی - به ویژه نمایش تئاتری) ناموفق
● (امریکا - خودمانی) آدم احمق و ناخوشایند، آدم پخمه، هالو
● (بولینگ) سه استرایک (strike) پشت سرهم
* talk turkey
(عامیانه) رک حرف زدن، صریح گفتن، با صراحت حرف زدن
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The word 'turkey' is believed to have come from 'turkey fowl', a term used by English colonists in North America due to the bird's similarity to the African guinea fowl which was imported through Turkey.
مثال
- We're having turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
- The turkey is a symbol of abundance in many cultures.
- Wild turkeys can be seen in many parts of North America.
ترکیب‌های رایج
Roast turkey Turkey dinner Wild turkey Turkey farm
تعریف انگلیسی
- large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
- a person who does something thoughtless or annoying “some joker is blocking the driveway”
- flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual “the first experiment was a real turkey” “the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned”
- a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923