spineless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having no spines, prickles, or thorns. not-comparable
  2. Having no spinal column. not-comparable
  3. Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
    — If this results in a society which MacIntyre has criticized as being the province of the manager, the aesthete and the analyst, types almost sinister in their philosophical lightmindedness, superficiality, programmed uninterestingness, and their depressingly spineless willingness to grant the presence of 'despicable types' for the sake of political freedom, then so be it.

词形变化

more spineless comparative most spineless superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
spineless eel spinelessly spinelessness spineless sadism

词源

Etymology tree
English spine
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English spineless
From spine + -less.
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