| 单词 | to chicken out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto chicken out 1. intransitive. to chicken out: to withdraw from an undertaking because of fear or lack of courage; to fail to act on account of these. Also with of or on, specifying the undertaking or activity.It is unclear whether quot. 1888 is an instance of this sense. There is perhaps a pun on fowl n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > be cowardly or show signs of cowardice [verb (intransitive)] > shirk or skulk skulk1626 shirk1778 to funk out1859 duff1883 to chicken out1931 fink1966 wimp1981 cowardize2003 1888 Cincinnati Times-Star (Ohio) 17 May 2/3 ‘Chickened out’ is a new name for a foul given by a local ‘Fan’.] 1931 Salt Lake Telegram 19 Feb. 10/2 The Irish outfit was highly ballyhooed at the beginning of the football season, with the result that logical competition ‘chickened out’. 1943 I. Wolfert Torpedo 8 (1944) ii. 19 I just wanted to..make sure you weren't chickening out on me. 1960 Encounter Feb. 46/2 Those people were looking to us for help and—we chickened out. 1994 Observer (Nexis) 16 Oct. 13 What a shame he chickened out of compulsory ID cards for all. 2017 @dallas_vandyk3 13 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) My best friend and I are getting tattoos next week. Unless she chickens out again. < as lemmas |
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