单词 | doubting thomas |
释义 | doubting Thomas (daʊtɪŋ tɒməs) Word forms: plural doubting Thomases countable noun If you describe someone as a doubting Thomas, you mean they refuse to believe something until they see definite proof or evidence of it. doubting Thomas in British Englishnoun a person who insists on proof before he or she will believe anything; sceptic Word origin after Thomas (the apostle), who did not believe that Jesus had been resurrected until he had proofdoubting Thomas in American English a person who habitually doubts; chronic skeptic Word origin after the Apostle Thomas1 |
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