雄火鸡

The turkey-cock slept on the beam, and the saddle rested in the empty crib.

雄火鸡在横梁上睡觉，马鞍躺在空槽里。

Those first few days, when he broke consciousness enough to do it, he wiped at his neck with the rag until the water in the basin was the color of the comb on a turkey-cock.

最初的几天，在意识尚清的时候，他就用布擦拭自己的脖子，直到盆里的水变得如同雄火鸡鸡冠一般红。

The turkey-cock slept onthe beam, and the saddle rested in the empty crib.

雄火鸡在横梁上睡觉，马鞍躺在空槽里。

Like those bubblyjocular Roman matrons one reads of in Elephantuliasis.

就像在艾里芳图利亚里斯的作品中所读到的那些雄火鸡般滑稽的罗马婆娘似的。

Showing Gore as a proud turkey cock during the week of Thanksgiving suggests that his end is near, perhaps at the hands of Bush's ax-wielding campaign advisors.

在感恩节前后将戈尔画成一只雄火鸡，预示着他的末日就要到了，恐怕要死在布什手下那些挥舞着大斧的竞选顾问的手中了。

Oliphant depicts him as a male turkey, a bird with a decidedly pompous manner.

奥列芬特将他描绘成一只雄火鸡--举止的确十分傲慢的一种鸟。

"This is an election year and Biscuits had to earn his spot at the White House,"Bush said on Wednesday at an annual Rose Garden ceremony at which he pardoned the 44-pound white tom turkey from a centre-stage appearance on the Thanksgiving dinner table.

本周三(11月17日)，布什在一年一度的&玫瑰花园&庆典上说：&今年是大选年，'饼干'在白宫赢得了一席之地。&布什&赦免&了这只44磅重的白色雄火鸡，&饼干&因此逃过一劫，不用像其他火鸡一样出现在感恩节大餐餐桌中央。

"Biscuits had to earn his spot at the White House," Bush said on Wednesday at an annual Rose Garden ceremony at which he pardoned the 44-pound (20 kg) white tom turkey from a centre-stage appearance on the Thanksgiving dinner table.

本周三(11月17日)，布什在一年一度的&玫瑰花园&庆典上说：&'饼干'在白宫赢得了一席之地。&布什&赦免&了这只44磅(20公斤)重的白色雄火鸡，&饼干&因此逃过一劫，不用像其他火鸡一样出现在感恩节大餐餐桌中央。

2Of all the Thanksgiving symbols the turkey has become the most well known.a male turkey is called a tom,while a female is called hen.like most birds,a tom turkey is bigger and has brighterfeathers than a hen.the turkey was brought into Europe early in the 16th century.since then,turkeys have been raised in large numbers because of the excellent quality of their meat.though there is no real evidence to show that the settlers ate turkey at the first Thanksgiving,a governor didi mention turkeys in his book.

火鸡在所有这些感恩标志中是最著名的。雄火鸡被称为&汤姆&，雌的就叫做&母鸡&，火鸡早在16世纪就被引进到欧洲。从那时起，火鸡因其肉质鲜嫩而被大量饲养。虽然现在没有确切证据来证明殖民者曾在第一届感恩节上吃火鸡，但是有一位官员却在其所著的书中提到了火鸡。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。