chicken

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

chicken UK US [ˈtʃɪk.ɪn] noun [ chickens ]
 
BIRD

1. <E > countable or uncountable a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its meat, or the meat of this bird which is cooked and eaten
• A male chicken is called a cock and a female chicken is called a hen.
• We're having roast/fried chicken for dinner.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Hens ↑Kinds of meat
 
• Defrost the chicken thoroughly before cooking.
• "The dinner was excellent except that they served red wine with the chicken." "Dear me! That will never do!"
• Fry four chicken joints in a pan with some mushrooms and garlic.
• I'll have a steak - no, make that chicken.
• Marinate the chicken in white wine for a couple of hours before frying.
 
PERSON
2. countable informal a coward (= person who is not brave)
• Jump, you chicken!
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Heroes and cowards
Idioms: chicken and egg situation ▪ play chicken
 
adjective after verb child's word
not brave; cowardly
• Why won't you jump? Are you chicken?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Cowardly
 
verb
Phrasal Verb: chicken out

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied, wimp, crybaby, Gallus gallus, poulet, volaille