poltroonish
/pol-troon/US // pɒlˈtrun //UK // (pɒlˈtruːn) //
抛光剂,抛光机,抛光剂的使用,抛光剂的
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a wretched coward; craven.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : marked by utter cowardice.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as incraven
Synonyms
mean-spirited卑鄙的,刻薄,恶毒的,恶毒chicken鸡肉,鸡类,鸡只,鸡yellow黄色,黄,黄色的,黄的cowardly胆小怕事,怯懦的,胆小的,懦弱的dastardly卑鄙无耻,卑鄙的,卑鄙小人,卑鄙无耻的fearful恐惧的,怵目惊心,恐惧,害怕gutless胆小怕事,胆小如鼠,无胆,胆小的lily-livered百合花,百合花开pusillanimous怯懦的人,胆小怕事,苍白无力的,胆小如鼠scared害怕的,恐惧的,惊恐的,担心的timorous怯懦的,胆小的,怯懦,胆怯weak-kneed膝软,腿软,膝盖软的,腿软的人wimpish懦弱,懦弱的,胆小怕事,窝囊废wimpy懦弱的,懦弱,懦弱的人,软弱无力wussy巫婆,巫师,怂人,猫咪yellow-bellied黄腹的,黄腹皮,黄腹,黄腹黑
Examples
Joe tried to grab him with the boathook, but it was useless, and the unhappy poltroon's body was whirled away.
"Then you have been playing the poltroon," he says savagely.
He insulted you, and then he behaved like a poltroon down at Silverbridge, and I will not have you know him any more.
But I can't consent to pass for a fool; and still more not for a poltroon—You'll excuse the little hint.'
My error—and I 'll not forgive myself in haste for it—was the belief that an upstart need not of necessity be a poltroon.
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