“幼雏”常见的英文表达是 chick ,它既可以指鸡等家禽的幼崽,也可泛指各种鸟类的幼雏。例如:
The mother hen is taking care of her chicks.(母鸡正在照顾它的小鸡/幼雏。)
We saw a group of chicks following their mother around.(我们看到一群幼雏跟着它们的妈妈。)
此外,在一些特定语境或描述更专业的生物学场景中,也可用 nestling (刚孵出不久、尚未离巢的幼鸟) 。例如:
The photographer captured some beautiful shots of the nestlings in the tree.(摄影师拍到了树上那些幼雏的一些精彩照片。 )