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truckle

/truhk-uhl/US // ˈtrʌk əl //UK // (ˈtrʌkəl) //

卡车,卡车司机,卡车公司,货车

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : truckle bed.
    • : a pulley.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    truck·led, truck·ling.

    • : to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely: Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.

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Examples

  • Martin stepped towards a low truckle-bed on which lay the emaciated form of a woman covered with a scanty and ragged quilt.

  • This vain, haughty, and imperious Minister expected every one shou'd truckle to him.

  • Looking in, I saw a lighted candle on a table, a bench, and a mattress on a truckle bedstead.

  • When I came to myself I was lying upon a truckle-bed, in a bare, half-furnished room.

  • A truckle-bed for the children or chamber servants was pushed under the principal bed by day.

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