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词汇 yellow-bellied
释义
yellow-bellied
adjective uk/ˈjel.əʊˌbel.id/ us/ˈjel.oʊˌbel.id/
(NOT BRAVE)
informal disapproving胆怯的,胆小的(出自美国牛仔用语,把胆小鬼喻为黄腹啄木鸟)
not brave and easily frightened
They called him "a yellow-bellied wimp" and "a coward". 他们称他为“黄腹懦夫”和“胆小鬼”。
Synonyms: chicken craven fainthearted lily-livered pusillanimous timidweak-kneed yellow (NOT BRAVE)
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  • Listen, you yellow-bellied cowards, why don't you attack somebody who can fight back?
  • "Real" men are meant to have the "stomach for a fight" and should never be " yellow-bellied".
  • They laughed at his yellow-bellied (they didn't use that phrase but the implication was clear enough) refusal to climb up a ladder.
(ANIMAL/BIRD)
黄腹的
having a yellow belly (= under part of the body)
Yellow-bellied marmots fatten themselves all summer and then hibernate. 黄腹土拨鼠整个夏天都在养肥自己,然后冬眠。
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  • Among the items received in the park laboratory was a coiled eight-foot-long yellow-bellied snake.
  • I used to wake up in the morning and hear the yellow-bellied meadowlarks singing.
  • Nesting on a high ledge were two lammergeiers or yellow-bellied vultures.
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