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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Therefore, the systemic evaluation of airborne fungi and mycotoxin in animal raising environment, especially in chicken house, was carried out by use of the internationally standard air sampler and advanced trace mycotoxin detection technology.
  为此，本文采用国际标准空气采样器和国际领先的真菌毒素痕量检测技术，对养殖环境，特别是鸡舍真菌气溶胶及其毒素水平进行了系统评估。