名詞 chicken:

1. the flesh of a chicken used for food
   同義詞：poulet, volaille
2. a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
   同義詞：Gallus gallus
3. a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
   同義詞：wimp, crybaby
4. a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

形容詞 chicken:

1. easily frightened
   同義詞：chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied

1. Chicken pox is a common childhood sickness.
   水痘是一種常見的兒童期疾病。
2. The chicken was garnished with coriander and red chilli.
   這道雞配上了芫荽和紅辣椒。
3. This soup tastes of chicken.
   這湯里有雞肉的味道。
4. He is mending the wire mesh in front of the chicken coop.
   他正在雞籠前面修理鐵絲網(wǎng)。
5. Don't be a chicken.
   不要害怕。
6. There was fried chicken for dinner.
   有炸雞肉作晚餐。
7. He has a chicken farm.
   他有一個養(yǎng)雞場。

chick.en

n.（名詞）

The common domestic fowl(Gallus domesticus) or its young.
雞：普通家禽（家養(yǎng)原雞） 或其幼雛
Any of various similar or related birds.
鳥：各種與雞相似或有關(guān)系的鳥類
The flesh of the common domestic fowl.
雞肉：普通家禽的肉
Slang A coward.
【俚語】 膽怯者
Any of various foolhardy competitions in which the participants persist in a dangerous course of action until one loses nerve and stops.
參與者堅(jiān)持做一種危險性動作直至變得膽怯才停止魯莽的競賽
adj.（形容詞）
Slang Afraid; cowardly.
【俚語】 害怕的；膽小的
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
chick.ened,chick.en.ing,chick.ens 【俚語】
To act in a cowardly manner; lose one`s nerve:
以畏縮的方式去做；失去勇氣：
例句：
chickened out at the last moment.
在最后一刻因膽怯而退出了

來源：
Middle English chiken
中古英語 chiken
from Old English cocen
源自 古英語 cocen