单词 | poltroon |
释义 | poltroon[pɒl'tru:n]n. 懦夫, 胆小鬼a. 胆怯的 poltroon pol.troon AHD: [p¼l-tr›n“] D.J. [pKl6tru8n]K.K. [p$l6trun]n.(名词)A base coward:可鄙的懦夫:“Every moment of the fashion industry's misery is richly deserved by the designers . . . and magazine poltroons who perpetuate this absurd creation”(&b{Nina Totenberg})“时装工业每一个痛苦的时刻都是完全应该被时装设计师们…和那些使这种荒诞创造永久化的杂志懦夫领受”(尼娜·图腾伯格)语源:1. French poltron 法语 poltron 2. from Old Italian poltrone [coward, idler] [perhaps augmentative of] poltro [unbroken colt] from Vulgar Latin *pulliter from Latin pullus [young animal] * see pau- 源自 古意大利语 poltrone [胆小鬼,游手好闲者] [] 可能是poltro的增义成分 [未驯服的小马驹] 源自 俗拉丁语 *pulliter 源自 拉丁语 pullus [幼小的动物] *参见 pau- 3. or from poltro [bed, lazy] 或源自 poltro [床,懒惰] 继承用法:poltroon“ery n.(名词) |
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