poltroon

英式音标：[pɒlˈtru:n]

美式音标：[pɑlˈtrun]

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概况：

n. 胆小鬼；懦夫

adj. 胆怯的

词义：

n.

胆小鬼，懦夫；

英英释义

poltroon[ pɔl'tru:n ]

n.an abject coward

同义词：cravenrecreant

adj.characterized by complete cowardliness

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

No one likes to be regarded as a poltroon.
没有人喜欢被认为是懦夫。

权威例句

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同义词：sheep,lily-livered,chicken

同根词：poltroonery,poltroon

英语词源：

poltroon (n.)

"A coward; a nidgit; a scoundrel" [Johnson, who spells it poltron], 1520s, from Middle French poultron "rascal, coward" (16c., Modern French poltron), from Italian poltrone "lazy fellow, coward," apparently from *poltro "couch, bed" (compare Milanese polter, Venetian poltrona "couch"), perhaps from a Germanic source (compare Old High German polstar "pillow;" see bolster (n.)). Also see -oon.

造句：

1. No one likes to be regarded as a poltroon.

没有人喜欢被当成懦夫。

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2. No one likes to be regarded as a poltroon.

没有人喜欢被当成懦夫。

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3. coward; poltroon; afraid of death; cling to life notwithstanding dishonour

贪生怕死

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4. No one likes to be regarded as a poltroon, but I am truly afraid of waste my left times in such situation

（没人愿意被当作胆小鬼，但是我真的害怕将自己最后的时光浪费在这样的局面中。

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5. It would be easier for the weakest poltroon that lives, to erase himself from existence, than to erase

若想从德伐日太太织成的记录上抹去一个名字或罪恶，那怕是一个字母，也比最胆小的懦夫抹掉自己的生命还难呢

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