lily-livered
英 ['lili,liv?d]
美
- adj. 膽怯的
中文詞源
lily-livered 膽怯的
lily,白百合，俚語(yǔ)詞義蒼白的，無(wú)血的，膽小的，liver,肝，古代醫(yī)學(xué)理念的愛與情感所在。
英文詞源
- lily-livered (adj.)
- "cowardly," 1605, in "Macbeth;" from lily (in its color sense of "pale, bloodless") + liver (n.1), which was a supposed seat of love and passion. A healthy liver is typically dark reddish-brown.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. We sat in Lily's sunroom while I sketched in the situation.
- 我們坐在莉莉的日光浴室里，我把目前形勢(shì)的細(xì)節(jié)情況又補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明了一下。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Lily lives in a penthouse just off Park Avenue.
- 莉莉住在公園大道附近的一套頂層豪華公寓里。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. I rode to Lily's in a cab.
- 我乘出租車去了莉莉家。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Lily was in one of her aggressive moods.
- 莉莉當(dāng)時(shí)不依不饒。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. They want me to conform, to be lily-white.
- 他們要我循規(guī)蹈矩，要我清白無(wú)瑕。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》