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

• The chicken in feces can also points out ammonia and hydrogen sulfide liberation, fresh dung and muck than send out quantity Chen dung and dry muck more.
  鸡的粪便中还能分解放发出氨气和硫化氢气，鲜粪和湿粪散发量比陈粪和干粪更多。
• The chicken will come right out and demand food if you don't feed them.
  你要是不给小喂食，它们会直接跑来要吃的。
• 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。
• 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。
• For a better understanding of molecular mechanism of myostatin function in embryogenesis and skeletal muscle development in vivo, chicken is selected as the study object in this experiment. Primary studies on chicken myostatin were carried out in vivo and in vitro, respectively.
  为进一步研究myostatin基因在胚胎发生和体内骨骼肌发育中的功能作用和机制，本研究以鸡为研究对象，分别在体外和体内对myostatin进行了功能研究和结构分析，获得了较好的实验结果。
• Only is a coward chicken out.
  你是个滥用力量的胆小鬼。
• 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。
• Leave the chicken out overnight to thaw it out.
  把这只鸡在外放一晚上就解冻了。
• 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。
• 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。