【常春藤英语夜读】chicken out? 小鸡跑去？这是什么意思呢？——Tammy

chicken (n) 鸡；胆小鬼

(v) chicken out 临阵脱逃

I was going to go bungee jumping, but I chickened out.

我打算要玩高空弹跳，但我临阵脱逃了。