英语词汇“recreant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

rec·re·ant

(rĕkrē-ənt)

adj.

1. Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause: "Consider the man who stands by his duty and goes to the stake rather than be recreant to it" (Mark Twain).

2. Archaic Craven or cowardly.

1. A faithless or disloyal person.

2. Archaic A coward.

[Middle English recreaunt, defeated, from Old French recreant, present participle of recroire, to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance, from Medieval Latin recrēdere, to yield, pledge : Latin re-, re- + Latin crēdere, to believe; see kerd- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

recre·ance, recre·an·cy n.

recre·ant·ly adv.

单词	recreant
释义	rec·re·ant (rĕkrē-ənt) adj. 1. Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause: "Consider the man who stands by his duty and goes to the stake rather than be recreant to it" (Mark Twain). 2. Archaic Craven or cowardly. n. 1. A faithless or disloyal person. 2. Archaic A coward. [Middle English recreaunt, defeated, from Old French recreant, present participle of recroire, to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance, from Medieval Latin recrēdere, to yield, pledge : Latin re-, re- + Latin crēdere, to believe; see kerd- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] recre·ance, recre·an·cy n. recre·ant·ly adv.
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