turncoat

🇬🇧 UK/'tә:nkәut/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A person who betrays their former allegiance or switches sides; a traitor

叛徒,变节者

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
turnother
+
coatother
=turncoat

Common Collocations

  • 1.branded a turncoat被扣上叛徒帽子
  • 2.political turncoat政治变节者
  • 3.[notorious turncoat]臭名昭著的叛徒
  • 4.call someone a turncoat称某人为叛徒

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The general was branded a turncoat after defecting to the enemy.

  • 2.

    His colleagues saw him as a turncoat when he testified against the union.

  • 3.

    History remembers Benedict Arnold as America's most infamous turncoat.

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