chicken
noun
verb
adj
ˈtʃɪkɪən
noun
1
a
common
farm
bird
that
is
kept
for
its
meat
and
eggs
鸡;
C
2
the
meat
from
this
bird
eaten
as
food
鸡肉
U
roast
chicken
烤鸡
fried
chicken
炸鸡
chicken
soup
鸡汤
3
someone
who
is
not
at
all
brave
[非正式] 胆小鬼，懦夫;
C | informal
Don’t
be
such
a
chicken!
别那么胆小！
4
a
game
in
which
children
do
something
dangerous,
for
example
stand
on
a
railway
line
when
a
train
is
coming,
and
try
to
be
the
one
who
continues
doing
it
for
the
longest
time
〔儿童玩的〕比试胆量的游戏
U
5
which came first, the chicken or the egg?
used
to
say
that
it
is
difficult
or
impossible
to
decide
which
of
two
things
happened
first,
or
which
action
is
the
cause
and
which
is
the
effect
先有鸡还是先有蛋？〔用于表示先后或因果难以区分〕
6
a chicken and egg situation/problem etc
a
situation
in
which
it
is
impossible
to
decide
which
of
two
things
happened
first,
or
which
action
is
the
cause
and
which
is
the
effect
先有鸡还是先有蛋的状况/问题等
7
sb’s chickens have come home to roost
used
to
say
that
someone’s
bad
or
dishonest
actions
in
the
past
have
caused
the
problems
that
they
have
now
某人开始遭报应了
verb
8
to
decide
at
the
last
moment
not
to
do
something
you
said
you
would
do,
because
you
are
afraid
[非正式] 〔因害怕而〕临阵退缩
You’re
not
chickening
out,
are
you?
你不会临阵脱逃吧？
adj
9
not
brave
enough
to
do
something
没勇气的，胆小的;
Dave’s
too
chicken
to
ask
her
out.
戴夫胆子太小，不敢约她出去。