n.雞；雞肉；膽小者
adj.懦弱的；膽小的
vi.失去勇氣
He has a chicken farm. 他有一個(gè)養(yǎng)雞場(chǎng)。
He is mending the wire mesh in front of the chicken coop. 他正在雞籠前面修理鐵絲網(wǎng)。
This soup tastes of chicken. 這湯里有雞肉的味道。
Don't be a chicken. 不要害怕。
用作形容詞 (adj.)I was terrified, but I didn't want the others to think I was chicken. 我很害怕,但是我不想其他人認(rèn)為我很怯懦。
They thought I was chicken when I refused to go with them. 當(dāng)我拒絕跟他們走時(shí),他們以為我膽怯了。
用作不及物動(dòng)詞 (vi.)The boy chickened out of climbing up the tree. 男孩膽怯了,不敢爬上這棵樹。
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訴老板,但最后還是沒敢說。
chicken可以指作為家禽的雞,也可指作為食品的雞肉。作“小雞”解時(shí)是個(gè)體名詞,可數(shù); 作“雞肉”解時(shí)則是物質(zhì)名詞,不可數(shù)。
chicken還可作動(dòng)詞解,常與out連用,意思是“因害怕而打退堂鼓”。例如:I used to ski but I've chickened out.我過去滑雪,但現(xiàn)在打退堂鼓了。John was courageous and manly when others chickened out.當(dāng)別人都害怕打退堂鼓了,可約翰卻是勇氣十足的,有個(gè)男子漢氣魄。
