| 主要翻译 |
| chicken out viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | slang (lose the courage to do [sth]) (俚语) | 临阵退缩 lín zhèn tuì suō |
| | The would-be skydiver chickened out and didn't jump. |
| chicken out of [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (not be brave enough for) | 临阵退缩 lín zhèn tuì suō |
| | I can't believe you made me sign up for skydiving and then chickened out of it yourself! |
| chicken out of doing [sth] v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | slang (not be brave enough to do) | 临阵退缩 lín zhèn tuì suō |