单词 | Milquetoast |
释义 | Milquetoast (once / 81513 pages) n WORD FAMILY Milquetoast: Milquetoasts USAGE EXAMPLESMilquetoast in mood, scolding in tone, it’s a book you kind of need but don’t want. Time(May 18, 2012) Milquetoast sound bites do not suffice for the kind of national media attention his campaign thrives on. New York Times(Mar 29, 2012) The coroner, one Jason Kirchner, was an inoffensive-looking little fellow with a Caspar Milquetoast mustache and an underslung jaw. Piper, H. Beam, Murder in the Gunroom(2010) n a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive Syn|Hyper milksop, pansy, pantywaist, sissy coward a person who shows fear or timidity |
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