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poltroon

🇬🇧 UK/pɒl'tru:n/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A complete and contemptible coward.

懦夫；胆小鬼

adj.

Utterly cowardly.

胆怯的；懦弱的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Loanword
poltroonother
=poltroon

Common Collocations

  • 1.utter poltroon十足的懦夫
  • 2.[contemptible poltroon]可鄙的胆小鬼
  • 3.branded a poltroon被称为懦夫
  • 4.call someone a poltroon骂某人是懦夫

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The soldiers despised him as a poltroon who fled at the first sign of danger.

  • 2.

    History has branded him a poltroon for abandoning his comrades on the battlefield.

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