English Dictionary

chicken run

名詞

歴史的 俗語

An enclosed area, attached to a chicken coop, in which poultry are allowed to run around and peck.

日本語の意味

鶏舎に付属する、鶏が自由に走り回り、餌をついばむための囲い付き区域

Every morning, I let the hens out into the chicken run so they can peck at the grass and stretch their wings.

毎朝、私は雌鶏を鶏の運動場に出して、草をついばませて羽を伸ばさせます。

意味（1）

An enclosed area, attached to a chicken coop, in which poultry are allowed to run around and peck.

意味（2）

(slang, historical) The act of "gapping it", i.e. emigrating from Rhodesia as a white inhabitant during the country's transition to independence.

By 1979, thousands had 'gapped it', or taken the 'chicken run', as emigration was derisively known […]

chicken runs （ plural ）