| 单词 | white-hearted |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite-hearted white-hearted adj. (a) faint-hearted, timid, cowardly (cf. sense A. 4 and white-livered adj.); (b) pure-hearted, saintly (cf. sense A. 7). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] arghc885 heartlessOE bloodlessc1225 coward1297 faintc1300 nesha1382 comfortless1387 pusillanimousa1425 faint-heartedc1440 unheartyc1440 cowardous1480 hen-hearteda1529 cowardish1530 feigningc1540 white-livered1546 cowardly1551 faceless1567 pusillanime1570 liver-hearted1571 cowish1579 cowardise1582 coward-like1587 faint-heart1590 courageless1593 sheep-like1596 white-hearted1598 milky1602 milk-livered1608 undaring1611 lily-livereda1616 yarrow1616 flightful1626 chicken-hearted1629 poltroon1649 cow-hearted1660 whey-blooded1675 unbravea1681 nimble-heeled1719 dunghill1775 shrimp-hearted1796 chicken-livered1804 white-feathered1816 pluckless1821 chicken-spirited1822 milk-blooded1822 cowardy1836 yellow1856 yellow-livered1857 putty-hearted1872 uncourageous1878 chicken1883 piker1901 yellow-bellied1907 manso1932 scaredy-cat1933 chickenshit1940 cold-footed1944 society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] > pure in heart white-hearted1865 1598 R. Tofte tr. M. M. Boiardo Orlando Inamorato ii. sig. F3v White hearted liuered Knights, base cowardes more. a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1643) i. 8 Such white-hearted Christians, who are ashamed of their Master. 1797 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets III. xxi. 211 By the soothing attentions of Dennison, father Arthur, and his good little ‘white-hearted blackamoor,’ as he used to call him, in the course of the evening they recovered a more considerable portion of their tranquility. 1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 407 If the painter were a devout, white-hearted man. 1915 Z. Grey Lone Star Ranger v. 51 To give up like a white-hearted coward, to let himself be handcuffed and jailed. 2009 Newsweek (Nexis) 23 Mar. She has not turned her back on the democratic values of the Orange Revolution. But she has dropped the now-toxic brand, no longer calling herself an Orange politician, describing herself instead as ‘white-hearted’ to emphasize her anti-corruption platform. < as lemmas |
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