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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pork chops and chicken, day in and day out.
  猪排和鸡肉，每天都是。
• 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。
• I was afraid if Mom answered that I would chicken out and tell her instead.
  害怕如果应声开门的是母亲，我会因胆怯而对她说出那几个字。
• 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。