poltroon
GRE,1
英[pɒl'truːn]
|美[pɑl'trun]
日语:ポルトルーン
法语:poltron
德语:Poltroon
韩语:경찰
俄语:cobarde
牛津词典
noun
- 胆小鬼；懦夫
a coward (= a person who lacks courage)
网络解释
词形变化
双语例句
- No one likes to be regarded as a poltroon.
没有人喜欢被当成懦夫。
- No one likes to be regarded as a poltroon, but I am truly afraid of waste my left times in such situation.
没亻愿意被当作胆小鬼，但是我真的害怕将自己最后的时光蒗费在这样的局面中。
语源
early 16th cent.: from French poltron, from Italian poltrone, perhaps from poltrosluggard