mid-14c. shortening of chicken (n.). Extended to human offspring (often in alliterative pairing chick and child) and thence used as a term of endearment. As slang for "young woman" it is first recorded 1927 (in "Elmer Gantry"), supposedly from U.S. black slang. In British use in this sense by c. 1940; popularized by Beatniks late 1950s. Chicken in this sense is from 1711. Sometimes c. 1600-1900 chicken was taken as a plural, chick as a singular (compare child/children) for the domestic fowl.
双语例句
1. Boil the chick peas, add garlic and lemon juice.
把鹰嘴豆放在开水中煮，并加入大蒜和柠檬汁。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Chick peas have a distinctive, delicious and nutty flavour.
