Truckle
['trʌk(ə)l] or ['trʌkl]
解释:
(n.) A small wheel or caster.
(v. i.) To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep.
(v. t.) To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
艾米编辑
同义词及近义词：
v. n. Cringe, stoop, crouch, submit, knuckle, yield (obsequiously), bend the knee, knock under.
克拉丽斯编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Cringe, stoop, crouch, bend_the_knee, yield, submit_servilely,[See DEAL]
弗洛西录入
例句:
- He praises your hard spirit, your determined cast of mind, your scorn of low enemies, your resolution not 'to truckle to the mob,' as he says. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The house might be a good one, but Mr. Wrench was not going to truckle to anybody on a professional matter. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- She was up from the truckle-bed directly, wildly feeling about her for her basket, and gazing at him in affright. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- His pointing to the truckle bed in the corner, seemed gradually to bring that poor couch to Bradley's wandering remembrance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I said, the fault was in the men--men who truckle to lies and folly. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Looking in, I saw a lighted candle on a table, a bench, and a mattress on a truckle bedstead. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- And would you have me truckle to them? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
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