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。
There was fried chicken for dinner. 有炸鸡肉作晚餐。
Don't be a chicken. 不要害怕。
用作形容词 (adj.)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。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)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。
