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 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But Griz stuck his paw into his food pail, where he grabbed a piece of chicken out of the bucket and threw it toward the starving kitten.
  可是灰熊却把爪子伸进了食桶，抓出一块鸡肉，朝饥肠辘辘的小猫扔去。
• 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
• 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。
• She then took the chicken bones home and made soup out of them.
  然后她把鸡骨头打包回家，做成了汤。
• 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。