n.鸡；鸡肉；胆小者

adj.懦弱的；胆小的

vi.失去勇气

He has a chicken farm. 他有一个养鸡场。

He is mending the wire mesh in front of the chicken coop. 他正在鸡笼前面修理铁丝网。

This soup tastes of chicken. 这汤里有鸡肉的味道。

Don't be a chicken. 不要害怕。

I was terrified, but I didn't want the others to think I was chicken. 我很害怕,但是我不想其他人认为我很怯懦。

They thought I was chicken when I refused to go with them. 当我拒绝跟他们走时,他们以为我胆怯了。

The boy chickened out of climbing up the tree. 男孩胆怯了,不敢爬上这棵树。

I wanted to tell the boss what I thought, but I chickened out at the last minute. 我本想把自己的想法告诉老板,但最后还是没敢说。

chicken可以指作为家禽的鸡,也可指作为食品的鸡肉。作“小鸡”解时是个体名词,可数; 作“鸡肉”解时则是物质名词,不可数。

chicken还可作动词解,常与out连用,意思是“因害怕而打退堂鼓”。例如:I used to ski but I've chickened out.我过去滑雪,但现在打退堂鼓了。John was courageous and manly when others chickened out.当别人都害怕打退堂鼓了,可约翰却是勇气十足的,有个男子汉气魄。