Truckle
['trʌk(ə)l] or ['trʌkl]
解釋/意思:
(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.
艾米編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Cringe, stoop, crouch, submit, knuckle, yield (obsequiously), bend the knee, knock under.
克拉丽斯編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Cringe, stoop, crouch, bend_the_knee, yield, submit_servilely,[See DEAL]
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例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 雪麗.
- The house might be a good one, but Mr. Wrench was not going to truckle to anybody on a professional matter. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She was up from the truckle-bed directly, wildly feeling about her for her basket, and gazing at him in affright. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- His pointing to the truckle bed in the corner, seemed gradually to bring that poor couch to Bradley's wandering remembrance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I said, the fault was in the men--men who truckle to lies and folly. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Looking in, I saw a lighted candle on a table, a bench, and a mattress on a truckle bedstead. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- And would you have me truckle to them? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
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