English主要词典
chicken
Universal Words
noun, verb, adjective
noun
1 [C] a large bird that is often kept for its eggs or meat:
They keep chickens in the back yard. * free-range chickens
compareCOCK, HEN
2 [U] meat from a chicken:
fried / roast chicken * chicken stock / soup * chicken breasts / livers / thighs * chicken and chips
seealsoSPRINGCHICKEN
IDIOMS
a chicken-and-egg situation, problem, etc. a situation in which it is difficult to tell which one of two things was the cause of the other
moreatCOUNTv., HEADLESS, HOMEadv.
verb
PHRASALVERBS
chicken out (of sth / of doing sth) (informal) to decide not to do sth because you are afraid:
You're not going to chicken out, are you? * Kim put my name down for a sponsored parachute jump but I chickened out at the last moment.
adjective [notbeforenoun] (informal) not brave; afraid to do sth
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