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Chickening Meaning in English

word · lemma: chicken out

ˈtʃɪkənɪŋ
CHIK-uh-ning
tʃˈɪkɪnɪŋ
chi-KIN-ing

释义

Slang for backing out of something or refusing to do it because you are afraid.

用法与细微差别

'Chickening' is always informal and often used in continuous forms ('He's chickening out'). It implies fear or cowardice. Usually found as 'chickening out of' or 'chickening out'.

例句

He is chickening before the big jump.

basic

Are you chickening out of telling her the truth?

basic

She was chickening out at the last minute.

basic

I can't believe you're chickening out now, after all that talk!

natural

Whenever there's a scary movie, he's always chickening out.

natural

We thought about going skydiving, but most of us ended up chickening out.

natural