chicken out

英 [ˈtʃɪkɪn aʊt]

美 [ˈtʃɪkɪn aʊt]

（由于害怕）退出，临阵退缩

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (由于害怕)退出，临阵退缩
  If someonechickens out ofsomething they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
  1. His mother complains that he makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings...
     他妈妈抱怨他找借口躲避家庭聚会，如婚礼之类的。
  2. I had never ridden on a motorcycle before. But it was too late to chicken out.
     那以前我从没骑过摩托车。不过，想退缩已经来不及了。

英英释义

verb

• remove oneself from an obligation
  1. He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved
  Synonym:back offpull outback downbow out

双语例句

• Therefore, the systemic evaluation of airborne fungi and mycotoxin in animal raising environment, especially in chicken house, was carried out by use of the internationally standard air sampler and advanced trace mycotoxin detection technology.
  为此，本文采用国际标准空气采样器和国际领先的真菌毒素痕量检测技术，对养殖环境，特别是鸡舍真菌气溶胶及其毒素水平进行了系统评估。
• That girl smiled at you. Don't chicken out, go and ask for her phone number.
  那个女孩朝你微笑了。别退缩，过去要她的电话号码吧。
• The popular concept of a strengthen diet is the chicken wrung out in hot water.
  大众公认的补品，是在热水中拧死的小鸡。
• When I saw you doing the chicken dance out there.
  当我刚才看见你在那边跳小鸡舞时。
• So the first official "chicken" pecked its way out of an egg laid by a bird that was not-quite-a-chicken.
  所以第一只正式称为鸡的是从还不算是真正的鸡的鸟下的蛋里啄壳而出。
• She cooks the best fried chicken in the world* gets stains out of blue jeans like I never could
  她能做出世界上最美味的炸鸡，能帮我清理掉我从来不能够清理的牛仔裤上的污渍
• Given this tension, it is no wonder that some people chicken out entirely.
  鉴于这种紧张关系，无怪乎有些人会因胆怯而彻底放弃欢送会。
• A comparative determination of true metabolizable energy ( TME) of corn, beans and bran meals of 18 kinds of plant feedstuffs for chicken and duck was carried out with 36 Avain broilers and 36 Tianfu meat-type ducks by modified Sibbald "TME" method.
  试验选用7周龄肉鸡肉鸭各36只，以SibbaldTME法比较测定了肉鸡和肉鸭谷物、饼粕和糠麸等3大类18种常用植物饲料的TME。
• Pork chops and chicken, day in and day out.
  猪排和鸡肉，每天都是。
• I was afraid if Mom answered that I would chicken out and tell her instead.
  害怕如果应声开门的是母亲，我会因胆怯而对她说出那几个字。