chicken out是什么意思？chicken本义是指小鸡，后来演变为胆小鬼。那chicken out意为“退缩，临阵退却”，比喻计划好要做某事，但是到最后一分钟却退缩了。

1.Bill was going to ask Lisa out,but he chickened out at the last minute.
比尔本来要约丽莎出去的，但是最后却开不了口。

2.He had an appointment to see the dentist but he chickened out of it at the last moment.
 他已预约治牙，但到时候却不敢去了。

3.They feared that their allies would chicken out on the plan at the last moment.
他们担心他们的同盟者会在最后的时刻退出这项计划。

4.He had a meeting, but at last he chicked out to go because of the terrible weather outside .
他有一个会议，但是因为这么恶劣的天气他放弃去了。