Mrs. Shelby smiled as she saw a prostrate lot of chickens and ducks, over which Chloe stood, with a very grave face of consideration. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
But this instinct retained by our chickens has become useless under domestication, for the mother-hen has almost lost by disuse the power of flight. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
Snakes act on the same principle which makes the hen ruffle her feathers and expand her wings when a dog approaches her chickens. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
In one instance it was reported that a few men of Sherman's army passed a house where they discovered some chickens under the dwelling. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
The hens were pecking round it, some chickens were balanced on the drinking trough, wagtails flew away in among trucks, from the water. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
Chloe stood handling them over abstractedly; it was quite evident that the chickens were not what she was thinking of. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
She apportioned the sweetbreads, jellies, chickens; their quantity and order. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
He made the salad; and uncorked the Champagne; and carved the chickens; and ate and drank the greater part of the refreshments on the tables. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Jo talks about the country where we hope to live sometime--the real country, she means, with pigs and chickens and haymaking. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.