chicken
chicken
noun
don't count your chickens before they're hatched
noun
- a domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one
鸡（尤指小鸡）
■[mass noun]meat from such a bird
鸡肉
roast chicken.
烤鸡肉。 - [mass noun](informal)a game in which the first person to lose their nerve and withdraw from a dangerous situation is the loser
(非正式)看谁胆小（一种第一个胆怯退缩的人为输家的游戏）
■[count noun]a coward
懦夫，胆小鬼
- [predic.](informal)cowardly
(非正式)胆小的，怯懦的
they were too chicken to follow the murderers into the mountains .
他们胆子太小，不敢进山追那些杀人凶手。
- [no obj.](chicken out)(informal)withdraw from or fail in something through lack of nerve
(非正式)（因胆怯）从…退缩；在…上失败
the referee chickened out of giving a penalty.
裁判因胆小没有判罚。
don't count your chickens before they're hatched
- see count
见 count
- (informal)acting in a panic-stricken manner and not thinking clearly about what should be done
(非正式)慌如无头小鸡，惊惶失措
- Old English cīcen, cȳcen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kieken and German Küchlein, and probably also to cock
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