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pol·troon AHD[pŏl-tro͞onʹ] D.J.[pɒlˈtruːn]K.K.[pɑlˈtrun]n.(名词)- A base coward:可鄙的懦夫:"Every moment of the fashion industry's misery is richly deserved by the designers . . . and magazine poltroons who perpetuate this absurd creation"(Nina Totenberg)“时装工业每一个痛苦的时刻都是完全应该被时装设计师们…和那些使这种荒诞创造永久化的杂志懦夫领受”(尼娜·图腾伯格)
- French poltron 法语 poltron
- from Old Italian poltrone [coward, idler] [perhaps augmentative of] poltro [unbroken colt] from Vulgar Latin *pulliter from Latin pullus [young animal] * see pau- 源自 古意大利语 poltrone [胆小鬼,游手好闲者] 可能是poltro的增义成分 [未驯服的小马驹] 源自 俗拉丁语 *pulliter 源自 拉丁语 pullus [幼小的动物] * 参见 pau-
- or from poltro [bed, lazy] 或源自 poltro [床,懒惰]
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