turkey
n
(pl ~s)
1
(a) [C] large bird reared to be eaten, esp at Christmas 吐绶鸡; 火鸡. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page v.
(b) [U] its flesh as food (食用的)火鸡肉
a slice of roast turkey 一片烤火鸡肉.
2 [C] (US sl 俚) failure; flop 失败; 失败的人或事物
His last movie was a real turkey. 他最後的那部影片一塌糊涂.
3 (idm 习语) cold turkey => cold1. talk turkey => talk2.
Why don't you get dressed now?Put on your work clothes.
为什么你不现在穿好衣服?穿上你的工作服。
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.