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

• 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。
• 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。
• Only is a coward chicken out.
  你是个滥用力量的胆小鬼。
• 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。
• Often she will chicken out? C she will not go out alone at night.
  她总是胆小，她晚上总是不敢自己出去的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。