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

• Inside, there was a baby chicken. It jumped out of the shell and flew out the window.
  鸡蛋里头有只鸡宝宝，从蛋壳里跳出来，接着飞出窗外。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pork chops and chicken, day in and day out.
  猪排和鸡肉，每天都是。
• The result, dog licking a bit of chicken ass, fox gas passed out.
  结果呢，小狗舔了一下鸡屁股，狐狸气昏倒了。
• Leave the chicken out overnight to thaw it out.
  把这只鸡在外放一晚上就解冻了。
• The band couldn't perform because the singer chickened out backstage. ( chicken out)
  这个乐团不能表演，因为主唱在后台临阵退缩了。
• Methods Observing ultrasonogram of normal and traumatize flexor tendons of chicken toe and find out corresponds with ultrasonography and histological morphology during the healing process of tendon.
  方法用鸡趾屈肌腱损伤模型，观察正常和损伤肌腱的超声图像及肌腱愈合过程中超声影像与组织学改变之间的对应关系。