chicken-hearted

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly.
    — This chicken-hearted couple, by the light of a rush-candle that burned on the hearth, seeing a stranger burst into the chamber, in such a terrible attitude, were seized with consternation […].

词形变化

more chicken-hearted comparative most chicken-hearted superlative

词源

From chicken + hearted, after chicken heart. Compare hen-hearted.
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