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

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yellow streak

yellow streak n. colloquial (originally U.S.) a tendency towards cowardice (cf. sense A. 3b).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > trait of cowardice

yellow streak1892

1892 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 19 Sept. 3/1 They..said..that I could not hit hard, and that I had a ‘yellow streak’—meaning that I was afraid.

1911 H. S. Harrison Queed v. 55 ‘A yellow streak in him, and we didn't know it!’ bellowed the Major.

1977 ‘D. MacNeil’ Wolf in Fold xi. 116 I'm not showing a yellow streak! But we're going to have casualties.

2015 Sun (Nexis) 17 July 43 Cameron is showing his yellow streak.

extracted from yellowadj.n.

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单词	yellow streak
释义	> as lemmas yellow streak yellow streak n. colloquial (originally U.S.) a tendency towards cowardice (cf. sense A. 3b). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > trait of cowardice yellow streak1892 1892 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 19 Sept. 3/1 They..said..that I could not hit hard, and that I had a ‘yellow streak’—meaning that I was afraid. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed v. 55 ‘A yellow streak in him, and we didn't know it!’ bellowed the Major. 1977 ‘D. MacNeil’ Wolf in Fold xi. 116 I'm not showing a yellow streak! But we're going to have casualties. 2015 Sun (Nexis) 17 July 43 Cameron is showing his yellow streak. extracted from yellowadj.n. < as lemmas
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