chicken³ v chicken out phr v [I] informal to decide not to do something because you are not brave enough 【非正式】 因害怕而放弃〔做某事〕，临阵退缩: He wanted to try a parachute jump, but he chickened out at the last minute. 他想尝试跳伞，但在最后一刻还是因害怕而放弃了。
chicken out informal to decide not to do something because you are not brave enough 【非正式】 因害怕而放弃〔做某事〕，临阵退缩: He wanted to try a parachute jump, but he chickened out at the last minute. 他想尝试跳伞，但在最后一刻还是因害怕而放弃了。