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

• 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。
• Only is a coward chicken out.
  你是个滥用力量的胆小鬼。
• 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。
• When I got there, Mom was getting a little chicken pot pie out of the oven for me.
  当我回到家，母亲正从烤炉里拿出一小块鸡肉馅饼给我。
• The detailed design took four hours to complete and everything from the bucket to the chicken was made out of cake.
  他们花了四个小时作出详细的设计图形，从炸鸡桶到鸡块，一切都是用蛋糕做成的。
• I'm afraid he'll chicken out when we really start to do it.
  我担心在我们真动手干的时候他会害怕而退出。
• 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。
• Pork chops and chicken, day in and day out.
  猪排和鸡肉，每天都是。
• Leave the chicken out overnight to thaw it out.
  把这只鸡在外放一晚上就解冻了。
• They feared that their allies would chicken out on the plan ( of the plan) at the last moment.
  他们担心他们的同盟者会在最后的时刻退出这项计划。