英语单词短语词组“yellow-bellied”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

yellow-bellied

adjective

uk/ˈjel.əʊˌbel.id/us/ˈjel.oʊˌbel.id/

yellow-belliedadjective(NOT BRAVE)

informaldisapproving

notbraveandeasilyfrightened:

They called him "a yellow-belliedwimp" and "acoward".

Synonyms

chickenchild's word
cravenformaldisapproving
fainthearted
lily-liveredliterary
pusillanimousformal
timid
weak-kneedinformaldisapproving
yellow(NOT BRAVE)informal

More examples

Listen, you yellow-belliedcowards, why don't youattacksomebody who canfightback?
"Real" men aremeantto have the "stomachfor afight" and should never be " yellow-bellied".
Theylaughedat his yellow-bellied (they didn't use that phrase but theimplicationwasclearenough)refusaltoclimbup aladder.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cowardly

be afraid of your own shadowidiom
bottle
bottle out
chicken
chicken out
craven
cravenness
fainthearted
gutless
lily-livered
spineless
spinelessly
spinelessness
timid
timidity
timorousness
unadventurous
weak-kneed
wimp
wimp out

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yellow-belliedadjective(ANIMAL/BIRD)

having ayellowbelly(= underpartof thebody):

Yellow-bellied marmots fatten themselves allsummerand thenhibernate.

More examples

Among theitemsreceivedin theparklaboratorywas acoiledeight-foot-long yellow-belliedsnake.
I used towakeup in themorningandhearthe yellow-bellied meadowlarkssinging.
Nesting on a highledgewere two lammergeiers or yellow-belliedvultures.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Relating to particular parts of the body

abdominal
abdominis
anally
aortic
arterial
aural
cranial
genito-urinary
motor
neural
nonvascular
optic
orally
pubic
pubis
pulmonary
rectal
rectally
renal
spinal

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单词	yellow-bellied
释义	yellow-bellied adjective uk/ˈjel.əʊˌbel.id/us/ˈjel.oʊˌbel.id/ yellow-belliedadjective(NOT BRAVE) informaldisapproving notbraveandeasilyfrightened: They called him "a yellow-belliedwimp" and "acoward". Synonyms chickenchild's word cravenformaldisapproving fainthearted lily-liveredliterary pusillanimousformal timid weak-kneedinformaldisapproving yellow(NOT BRAVE)informal More examples Listen, you yellow-belliedcowards, why don't youattacksomebody who canfightback? "Real" men aremeantto have the "stomachfor afight" and should never be " yellow-bellied". Theylaughedat his yellow-bellied (they didn't use that phrase but theimplicationwasclearenough)refusaltoclimbup aladder. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Cowardly be afraid of your own shadowidiom bottle bottle out chicken chicken out craven cravenness fainthearted gutless lily-livered spineless spinelessly spinelessness timid timidity timorousness unadventurous weak-kneed wimp wimp out See more results » yellow-belliedadjective(ANIMAL/BIRD) having ayellowbelly(= underpartof thebody): Yellow-bellied marmots fatten themselves allsummerand thenhibernate. More examples Among theitemsreceivedin theparklaboratorywas acoiledeight-foot-long yellow-belliedsnake. I used towakeup in themorningandhearthe yellow-bellied meadowlarkssinging. Nesting on a highledgewere two lammergeiers or yellow-belliedvultures. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Relating to particular parts of the body abdominal abdominis anally aortic arterial aural cranial genito-urinary motor neural nonvascular optic orally pubic pubis pulmonary rectal rectally renal spinal See more results » (Definition ofyellow-belliedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/yellow-bellied##
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