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单词 white feather
释义 white feather
 Chiefly Brit.
  1. a symbol of cowardice.
  2. show the white feather, to behave in a cowardly manner.
 [1775-85; orig. from a white feather in a gamecock's tail, taken as a sign of inferior breeding and hence of poor fighting qualities]
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