1. C 卵，蛋　 oval object from which young are hatched, laid by birds, reptiles, insects, etc. and usually covered by a thin hard shell
2. U 蛋，鸡蛋　 this, especially from a hen, used as food

　beat an ～　打鸡蛋，搅鸡蛋
　boil an ～　煮鸡蛋
　break an ～　打碎鸡蛋
　break the ～s in sb's pocket　打破某人的计划
　candle ～s　对光检查蛋是否新鲜
　cook an ～　煮鸡蛋
　eat an ～　吃鸡蛋
　fry an ～　炸鸡蛋
　have all one's ～s in one basket　孤注一掷
　have ～ on one's face　丢脸，出丑
　lay an ～　下蛋
　place an ～　放鸡蛋
　produce ～s　下蛋，产蛋
　put all one's ～s in one basket　孤注一掷
　a dozen ～s　一打鸡蛋
　bad ～　坏蛋，坏家伙，失败的计划
　big ～　大鸡蛋
　brown ～　红皮蛋
　fresh ～　鲜蛋
　bird's ～　鸟蛋
　duck ～　鸭蛋
　Easter ～　复活节彩蛋
　Scotch ～s　苏格兰蛋
　～ whites　蛋白
　in the ～　尚在初期的，未成熟的

　The blackbird's nest contained four eggs.　黑鹂巢里有四个蛋。
　The hen laid a large brown egg.　这只母鸡下了一个大红皮鸡蛋。
　Birds come from eggs.　鸟是卵生动物。
　Fish lay eggs.　鱼产卵。
　He went to the store to get a dozen eggs.　他到店里去买了一打鸡蛋。
　You've got egg all down your tie.　你把鸡蛋都弄到领带上去了。
　He spilled a bit of egg on his shoe.　他溅了一点蛋在他的鞋上。

 ♣ bad egg
1. 〈口〉坏家伙，混蛋 black sheep
　The judge sentenced the bad egg to death.　法官判这个混蛋死刑。
2. 失败的计划 failed plan
　The scheme was a bad egg.　计划失败了。
 ♣ bread the egg in sb's pocket
　打破某人的（计划）　break sb's plan
　He bears my grudges, because I broke the egg in his pocket.　他对我怀恨在心，因为我打破了他的计划。
 ♣ good egg
　〈口〉好人　 good man
　He is a good egg, I'm sure you will like him once you get to know him.　他是个好人，如果你跟他混熟了，肯定会喜欢他。
　He is really a good egg. If only he didn't have such a short fuse.　他的确是个好人，如果他不那么容易发火就好了。
 ♣ goose egg
　（体育比赛或考试成绩）零分　zero
　It was a tie game. Both teams ended up with goose eggs.　这场比赛打个平局，两队比分是零比零。
 ♣ have egg on one's face
　出丑，丢脸　lose face
　She doesn't let him have egg on his face in public.　她没有让他当众出丑。
 ♣ kill the goose that laid the golden egg
　贪婪过度，弄坏好事　be too greedy to do sth
　Mrs. Johns gives you an apple from her tree whenever you go by her home, but don't kill the goose that laid the golden egg by bothering her too much.　每当你路过约翰斯太太家，她总从树上摘个苹果给你，但你不要贪婪过度断了此事。
 ♣ lay an egg
　不受听众欢迎，完全失败　be not population, fail completely
　His joke laid an egg.　他的笑话无法使人发笑。
　Sometimes he is a successful speaker, but sometimes he lays an egg.　有时他是一个成功的演讲者，但有时却不受听众欢迎。
　As a movie director he is generally very successful, but he sure laid an egg this time.　作为电影导演，他一向是非常成功的，可是这一回他失败了。
 ♣ put〔have〕 all one's eggs in one basket
　孤注一掷　stake all on a single attempt
　To buy stock in a single company is to put all your eggs in one basket.　买一家股票是孤注一掷。
　With only one good pitcher this season, I'm afraid we have all our eggs in one basket.　在这个季节里，我们队里只有一名好投手，胜败如何，全在他一人手里了。
 ♣ teach one's grandmother to such eggs
　班门弄斧　show off to the teacher
　He is always telling the director how to run the business that's like teaching his grandmother to such eggs.　他总是告诉上司怎样经营生意，简直是班门弄斧。

　小鸡是从蛋里孵化出来的。
　［误］ Chicken are hatched from egg.
　［正］ Chicken are hatched from eggs.
　［析］ 当egg泛指“蛋”时，一定要用复数形式。

　［词源］　中古英语eggs<古挪威语egg （蛋）