| 单词 | poltroon |
| 释义 | poltroon[ pol-troon ] / pɒlˈtrun / SEE SYNONYMS FOR poltroon ON THESAURUS.COM nouna wretched coward; craven. adjectivemarked by utter cowardice. Origin of poltroon1520–30; earlier pultrowne, pultron, poultroone<Middle French poultron<Old Italian poltrone idler, coward, derivative of poltro foal <Vulgar Latin *pulliter, derivative of Latin pullus young animal; see foal SYNONYMS FOR poltroon1 dastard. SEE SYNONYMS FOR poltroon ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM poltroonpol·troon·er·y, nounpol·troon·ish, adjectivepol·troon·ish·ly, adverbWords nearby poltroonpolo shirt, Pol Pot, Polska, Poltava, poltergeist, poltroon, poly, polyacid, polyacrylamide, polyacrylamide gel, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for poltroonBritish Dictionary definitions for poltroonpoltroon / (pɒlˈtruːn) / nounan abject or contemptible coward adjectivea rare word for cowardly Word Origin for poltroonC16: from Old French poultron, from Old Italian poltrone lazy good-for-nothing, apparently from poltrīre to lie indolently in bed, from poltro bed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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