| 单词 | poltroon |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [pɔl'tru:n] |
| 解释 | n. 懦夫 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 懦夫(a spiritless coward: craven) 【记】 poltr(=colt小马)+oo n→原指小马受惊→懦夫 |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 懦夫 = coward 【记】原指: 幼小的马－懦夫(polt = colt小马驹)polt = plot阴谋, roon = room: 在屋子里密谋杀害大英雄是懦夫干的事. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：怕蠢，又怕又蠢；音：怕怵，又怕又怵→懦夫 |
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