chicken-hearted

书面·表示胆小怕事
例句
He was too chicken-hearted to confront the bully.
典故来源 源自鸡胆小的心脏比喻，形容人像鸡一样容易受惊。

📖 习语词汇解析

习语中的关键英语词汇

chicken ['tʃɪkɪn]
n. 鸡;鸡肉;胆小鬼;懦夫; adj. 胆怯的;幼小的;胆小的; vi. 以畏缩的方式去做，失去勇气;在最后一刻因胆怯而退出了;
hearted
a. 有...心(肠)的

🔤 同首字母习语

children should be seen and not heard
孩子应该只露面而不发声
crack of dawn
拂晓时刻
come to think of it
But after thinking about it carefully, I realized...
caught by the short hairs or short and curlies
受到无法避免或逃脱的困境或控制
crack up
大笑；精神崩溃；破裂
come again
重新再说一次，以确认或解释对方刚说的话或行动
call _ names
cut loose
放纵、放手或解脱
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