n.
- (小)雞;小鳥[C]
- 雞肉[U]
This
chicken is tender.
這雞肉很嫩。
- 【俚】少女,小妞[C]
- 【俚】膽小鬼,懦夫[C]
- 【口】膽量的比試[U]
a.
- 雞肉的;雞味的
- 幼小的;細小的
- 【俚】膽怯的[F]
They thought I was
chicken when I refused to go with them.
當我拒絕跟他們走時,他們以為我膽怯了。
片語
count one's chickens before they are hatched
- 過早樂觀
It's quite possible that you will get the job, but don't
count your chickens before they are hatched.
你很有可能得到這工作,但也別過早樂觀。
辨析
n.
- a domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one.
- informal a coward.
▸a game in which the first person to lose their nerve and withdraw from a dangerous situation is the loser.
adj.
informal cowardly.
v.
(
chicken out)
informal be too scared to do something.
Phrase
- chicken-and-egg
denoting a situation in which each of two things appears to be necessary to the other.
[from the question ‘Which came first, the chicken or the egg?’]
- like a headless chicken
informal in a panic-stricken and unthinking manner.
Etymology
OE cīcen, cȳcen, of Gmc origin; prob. rel. to cock1.