prize：珍视
downsize：把某东西改小
be spoken for：be bought or be asked for 某东西已经告罄
staggering：amazing
secure：好不容易的去获得
slender：苗条的
colossal：巨大无比的
hulking：又大又笨重
burnished：油亮的
centerpiece：摆在中间的装饰物
centerpiece beast：摆在桌子中间的硬货
groan：（重体压在桌子中间的）吱呀声
grocers：（肉类）零售商
jostle：（用手肘互相）推挤
chef：大厨

With tiny turkeys in demand, sellers are getting creative. (One solution: turkey insurance)

Americans prize colossal Thanksgiving turkeys — hulking burnished centerpiece beasts that make the dinner table groan.

But Thanksgiving gatherings will be smaller this year, and turkeys, too, are getting downsized. That’s affecting the entire supply chain as consumers, butchers, meat suppliers, grocers and chefs jostle to secure slender birds for the holiday, when a staggering 46 million are eaten. In many cases, it’s already too late: The little ones were spoken for long ago.

来源：洛杉矶邮报
讲解来源：公众号“在下林伯虎”