蛋 — meaning in English

English meaning

• egg noun An oval or round body laid by birds, reptiles, and many other animals, usually containing a developing embryo.
• nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.

Senses

蛋 is used for these senses in English:

• egg (specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
• egg An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.
• nut (vulgar, slang, chiefly plural) A testicle, often used in the plural form.

egg — full definition

1. noun An oval or round body laid by birds, reptiles, and many other animals, usually containing a developing embryo.
2. noun The edible egg of a domestic bird, especially a chicken, used as food.
3. noun The female reproductive cell of an animal, from which offspring develop when fertilized.
4. verb To urge or encourage someone, usually into doing something reckless (used with "on").

nut — full definition

1. noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
2. noun A small piece of hardware with a threaded hole, used with a bolt to fasten things together.
3. noun Informal: a crazy or eccentric person, or an enthusiast for a particular subject.
4. verb Slang: to headbutt someone.

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