chicken out

chicken out

vb (intr, adverb) informal to fail to do something through fear or lack of conviction

Thesaurus

Verb

1.chicken out - remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"bow out, back down, back off, pull outretire, withdraw - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"pull out, get out - move out or away; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire"resile - pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"

Translations

因害怕而停止做某事退缩

chicken

(ˈtʃikin) noun1. a young bird, especially a young hen. She keeps chickens. 小雞 小鸡2. its flesh used as food. a plate of fried chicken. 雞肉 鸡肉3. (slang.) a coward. （俚）膽小鬼 （俚）胆小鬼 ˌchicken-ˈhearted adjective cowardly. 膽怯的 胆怯的ˈchicken-pox noun an infectious disease with fever and red itchy spots. 水痘 水痘chicken out to avoid doing something because of cowardice. He chickened out at the last minute. 臨陣脫逃 因害怕而停止做某事，退缩