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chicken
noun /ˈtʃɪkɪn/
singularchicken
pluralchickens
  1. 1
    [C] a bird kept for its eggs and meat. The sound it makes is called clucking. The female chicken is called a hen and the male is called a cock or a rooster. A baby chicken is called a chick.
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    Animals kept for their meat or milk: boar, broiler, cattle...
    1. a.
      [U] the meat of a chicken 鸡肉

      fried/roast/grilled chicken 炸/烤/烧鸡

      a chicken leg 鸡腿

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      Types of meat: bacon, beef, bushmeat...
  2. 2
    [C] informal someone who is not brave enough to do something 懦夫;胆小鬼
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  3. 3
    [U] a game played especially by children in which the winner is the person who continues doing something dangerous the longest (尤指儿童玩的)比试胆量的游戏
    play chicken :

    The kids were playing chicken on the railway track when the accident happened. 事故发生时孩子们正在铁轨上比试胆量。

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    1. a.
      a situation in which two groups or countries threaten each other until one gives the other what they want (两个群体或国家之间的)较量,僵持
      game of chicken :

      The affair degenerated into the longest game of chicken in diplomatic history. 这件事成为外交史上持续时间最长的较量。

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      Risks, threats and dangers: risk, hazard, menace...
chicken
adjective [never before noun] informal /ˈtʃɪkɪn/
  1. not brave enough to do something 胆小的;懦弱的

    I was terrified, but I didn't want the others to think I was chicken. 我吓坏了,但我不想让别人以为我胆小。

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    Not brave or willing to take risks: cowardly, spineless, feeble...
chicken
verb /ˈtʃɪkɪn/

phrasal verb

chicken out

[I]
present tense
I/you/we/theychicken out
he/she/itchickens out
present participlechickening out
past tensechickened out
past participlechickened out
informal
to not do something you were going to do because you are too frightened

I was going to tell her how much it really cost, but I chickened out.

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To not act, or to not do something: bother, abstain, neglect...
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