milksop
英 ['m?lks?p]
美['m?lksɑp]
- n. 懦弱的人
中文詞源
milksop 懦弱的男孩
milk,奶，sop,面包片。字面意思即浸在牛奶里面的面包片，比喻用法。
英文詞源
- milksop (n.)
- "effeminate spiritless man," late 14c., attested as a (fictional) surname mid-13c.; also applied in Middle English to the infant Christ. Literal sense "piece of bread soaked in milk" attested late 15c.; see milk (n.) + sop (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. Mother's darlings make but milksop heroes.
- [諺]嬌養兒不能成大器.
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