chicken1/ˋtʃIkIn; ˈtʃIkən or ˈtʃIkIn/n 1 [C] a farm bird that is kept for its meat and eggs [→ chick, cock, hen, rooster] 鸡see picture at见 FARM1 图2 [U] the meat from a chicken 鸡肉: roast chicken 烤鸡chicken soup 鸡汤
chicken2v chicken out phr v informal to decide at the last moment not to do something because you are not brave enough【非正式】〔因害怕而〕临阵退缩: You’re not chickening out, are you? 你不会临阵退缩吧?
chicken3adj informal not brave enough to do something [ cowardly ] 【非正式】胆小的: Dave's too chicken to ask her out. 戴夫太胆小﹐不敢约她出去。