名詞 pheasant:

1. large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
2. flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

1. A bird, such as the duck, goose, turkey, or pheasant, that is used as food or hunted as game.
   禽鳥一種鳥，如鴨、鵝、火雞或野雞，用作食物或狩獵的獵物
2. A young fowl, especially a turkey, chicken, or pheasant.
   幼禽年幼的家禽，尤指小火雞、小雞或小雉
3. The dog flushed a pheasant from the bushes.
   那只狗于雉從灌木叢中驚起。
4. Pheasants have long tails.
   野雞長著長尾巴。

pheas.ant

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 pheas.ants 或 pheasant
Any of various Old World birds of the family Phasianidae, especially the ring-necked pheasant introduced in North America, characteristically having long tails and, in the males of many species, brilliantly colored plumage.
雉雞，野雞：一種歐亞大陸的雉科鳥，尤指從北美洲引進(jìn)的頸上有環(huán)紋的雉雞，特征是長尾巴、雄性有許多種華麗多彩的羽毛
Any of several other birds that resemble the pheasant, such as the partridge.
雉科鳥：類似于雉的其它鳥類，如山鶉

來源：
Middle English fesaunt
中古英語 fesaunt
from Old French fesan
源自 古法語 fesan
from Latin ph3si3nus
源自 拉丁語 ph3si3nus
from Greek phasianos (ornis) [(bird) of the Phasis River, pheasant]
源自 希臘語 phasianos (ornis) [法西斯河的（鳥），雉雞]
from Phasis [the Phasis River of western Georgia]
源自 法西斯 [佐治亞西部的法西斯河]