名词〈非正式〉胆小鬼；【动】鸡；【食】鸡肉；涉世未深的年轻人形容词〈非正式〉胆怯的网络小鸡；雏鸡；鸡肉类
形容词
1. They thought I was chicken when I refused to go with them.
当我拒绝跟他们走时，他们以为我胆怯了。
不及物动词
1. I wanted to tell the director what I thought, but I chickened out at the last minute.
我本想把自己的想法告诉董事，但最后还是没敢说。
名词
1. A young chicken is called a chick.
小鸡又叫作鸡娃儿。
2. This chicken is tender.
这鸡肉很嫩。
1. 鸡肉：全肉(例如雞肉,牛肉等等)擁有很多水分,如果狗食的標示是以雞肉(chicken)而非雞肉粉(chicken meal)的話,而且在成份標示的前七或八名沒有其他的動物性蛋白質,那麼這個狗食實際上並沒有包含大量的動物性蛋白質.
1. 鸡
Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
e.g. Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
莱昂内尔做了个鸡笼，打算养些鸡，吃上新鲜鸡蛋。
e.g. ...free-range chickens.
散养的鸡
2. 胆小鬼
If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.
e.g. I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.
我怕黑，是个十足的胆小鬼。
3. 高兴得太早;过早地打如意算盘
If you say that someone is counting their chickens, you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain.
e.g. I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.
我不想高兴得太早。
4. 鸡和蛋的问题(指很难决定孰先孰后、孰因孰果的情境)
If you describe a situation as a chicken and egg situation, you mean that it is impossible to decide which of two things caused the other one.
chicken
e.g. It's a chicken and egg situation. Does the deficiency lead to the eczema or has the eczema led to certain deficiencies?
这是个鸡和蛋的问题。是因为营养缺乏导致湿疹呢，还是湿疹导致了某些营养缺乏？
5. 像只没头的苍蝇到处乱窜
If someone is running round like a headless chicken or rushing around like a headless chicken, they are panicking when they should be thinking carefully about what needs to be done.
e.g. Instead of running round like a headless chicken use your efforts in a more productive way.
别像只没头苍蝇东一头西一头的，力气要用对地方。
6. chickens come home to roost -> see roost
相关词组：chicken out
词典解释1. 鸡
Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
e.g. Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
莱昂内尔做了个鸡笼，打算养些鸡，吃上新鲜鸡蛋。
e.g. ...free-range chickens.
散养的鸡
2. 胆小鬼
If someone calls you a chicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.
e.g. I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.
我怕黑，是个十足的胆小鬼。
3. 高兴得太早;过早地打如意算盘
If you say that someone is counting their chickens, you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain.
e.g. I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.
我不想高兴得太早。
4. 鸡和蛋的问题(指很难决定孰先孰后、孰因孰果的情境)
If you describe a situation as a chicken and egg situation, you mean that it is impossible to decide which of two things caused the other one.
chicken
e.g. It's a chicken and egg situation. Does the deficiency lead to the eczema or has the eczema led to certain deficiencies?
这是个鸡和蛋的问题。是因为营养缺乏导致湿疹呢，还是湿疹导致了某些营养缺乏？
5. 像只没头的苍蝇到处乱窜
If someone is running round like a headless chicken or rushing around like a headless chicken, they are panicking when they should be thinking carefully about what needs to be done.
e.g. Instead of running round like a headless chicken use your efforts in a more productive way.
别像只没头苍蝇东一头西一头的，力气要用对地方。
6. chickens come home to roost -> see roost
相关词组：chicken out
A Lady orders Lunch-(一位女士点午餐的菜)
A：Can I help you, ma'ma?
夫人，我能为您效劳吗？
chicken
B：Yes, what's that over there on the other side of the mashed potatoes?
嗯，在土豆那一边的是什么菜？
A：That's chicken a la king.
那是青椒蘑菇奶油鸡。
B：I'm tempted. but I'd better not.
我很想吃这菜，但是我最好还是别吃。
A：Maybe you'd like the macaroni and cheese.
也许你想要通心粉和乳酪。
B：No, that's too rich. Just let me have a tossed salad, dark toast, and tea.
不，那太油腻了。就给我来点儿生拌色拉、烤得焦点的土司和茶。
A：Do you want Roquefort, or French, or thousand Island dressing?
你要罗克弗特牌，法式还是千岛牌调料？
B：French dressing, please.
请给我法式调料。
A：That'll be two eighty-five altogether.
总共两元八角五分。