释义 |
cringer|krɪndʒə(r)| [f. as prec. + -er1.] One who cringes; an obsequious or servile creature.
15971st Pt. Return fr. Parnass. iv. i. 1236 This ladye⁓munger, this meere rapier and dagger, this cringer. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Skiamachia Wks. (1711) 199 Cringers to crucifixes, approvers of purgatory. 1799W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXIX. 102 Cringers to fortune, birth and power. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 336 The decorations that are shared by footmen and backstairs cringers. |