n.
    
      - (小)雞;小鳥[C]
 
      - 雞肉[U]
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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]
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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
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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.