creepmouse
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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An extremely timid and unassuming person.
— "Pho! pho ! — I do not believe a word of it. Lord Basingstoke is one of those shy young men who are very much attached to any one who will take the trouble of making love to them ; — one of those creepmice who run away with their mother's waiting-maid, or marry an actress for want of courage and patience to encounter the formalities of an honourable courtship. […]
形容词 adj.
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Timid and unassuming in the extreme.
— Indeed but you must, for we cannot excuse you. It need not frighten you; it is a nothing of a part, a mere nothing, not above half a dozen speeches altogether, and it will not much signify if nobody hears a word you say, so you may be as creepmouse as you like, but we must have you to look at.
词源
词源 1
From creep + mouse, from a likening of a person's character and/or behaviour to that of a small, timorous, and often unseen rodent.
词源 2
From creep + mouse, from a likening of a person's character and/or behaviour to that of a small, timorous, and often unseen rodent.
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