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●ˌchicken ˈout●ˌchicken ˈout of sth●ˌchicken ˈout of doing sth (informal) to decide not to do sth because you are afraid (因胆怯而)放弃;畏缩◆If I don’t fight him, everyone will say that I chickened out. 如果不和他打一架,大家都会说我胆小怕事了。◆She chickened out of telling him the truth. 她不敢告诉他真相。SYN bottle out, bottle out of sth, bottle out of doing sth[v + adv] [v + adv + prep] |