backboneless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Without a backbone; invertebrate. literally,not-comparable
    — Once, like a drunken man, I lurched forward, and fell upon my knees. Such was my backboneless state that for some seconds I remained where I was, half disposed to let things slide, accept the good the gods had sent me, and make a night of it just there.
  2. Cowardly, spineless. figuratively,not-comparable

词汇关系

衍生词
backbonelessness

词源

From backbone + -less.
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