| 单词 | pantywaist |
| 释义 | pantywaist (once / 622069 pages) n You can use the word pantywaist to talk about an ineffective, weak person — especially a man — although it's not very nice and is likely to hurt his feelings. The noun pantywaist has proven to be more enduring in its figurative meaning — an ineffectual or childish man — than in its original meaning, which was a garment of early 20th century vintage: short pants fastened to a waist band, worn by children. Still, the term is somewhat old fashioned, and calling a timid man a pantywaist these days would not only be unkind, but might also be confusing. WORD FAMILYpantywaist: pantywaists USAGE EXAMPLESObama sacrificed a child to pursue some pantywaist internationalist objective hazily defined as “open borders.” Slate(Jul 22, 2016) We can blame free speech carried to irresponsible and obnoxious extremes, and we can blame the pantywaist spinelessness of liberalism. Salon(Jan 10, 2015) It became clear that by questioning the author, he was, in a way, mocking my own pantywaist reading of the text. Salon(Jun 05, 2013) n a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive Syn|Hyper Milquetoast, milksop, pansy, sissy coward a person who shows fear or timidity |
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