本文辨析了chicken单复数的意义与用法。单数“chicken”有两义:可数时指“一只鸡”(如“A chicken is walking”),不可数时指“鸡肉”(如“buy chicken for dinner”)。复数“chickens”仅表“多只鸡”(如“Three chickens are laying eggs”),不指代食物。语境中,指代动物时,单数强调个体,复数强调群体;指代食物时只能用单数。常见搭配如“a live chicken”“roast chicken”(单数)、“raise ch...