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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

chicken

英  [ˈtʃɪkɪn]
    

[ADJ, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1. 胆小的

    If someone calls you chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.

    双语例句

    例：

    Why are you so chicken, Gregory?

    你为什么这么胆小，格雷戈里？

    NOUN. 名词

  • chickens

    1. [C 可数名词] 鸡

    Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.

    近义词

    hen

    双语例句

    例：

    Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.

    莱昂内尔搭建了一个鸡笼，这样他们就可以养鸡，吃到新鲜鸡蛋。

    2. [U 不可数名词] 鸡肉

    Chicken is the flesh of this bird eaten as food.

    双语例句

    例：

    roast chicken with wild mushrooms.

    野生菌烤鸡。

    3. [C 可数名词] 胆小鬼

    If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.

    近义词

    coward

    双语例句

    例：

    I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.

    我很怕黑。我是个十足的胆小鬼。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

  • chickens , chickening , chickened

    chicken out

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 因胆怯而决定不做

    If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.

    双语例句

    例：

    He makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings.

    他总是找借口逃避如婚礼这样的家庭聚会。

    例：

    I had never ridden on a motorcycle before. But it was too late to chicken out.

    在那以前我从未骑过摩托车。但当时已来不及临阵脱逃了。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • count one's chickens

    1. 蛋尚未孵出就数小鸡 , 指望得过早

    If you say that someone is counting their chickens, you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain.

    双语例句

    例：

    I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.

    我不想指望得过早。

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