| 释义 |
cow-ˈhearted, ppl. a.
[cf. prec.]
Faint-hearted, timorous, cowardly.
1660H. Adis Fannaticks Mite *iv a, It will corroborate the Cow-hearted. 1680R. Mansell Narr. Popish Plot 16 She [Lady Powis] struck him gently with her Fan on the hand, calling him Cow-hearted Fellow. 1791Pop. Tales Germans II. 147 ‘Messmate, dost thou see any thing?’ cried the cow-hearted pilot from the coach-box. 1881Cheq. Career 250 ‘You cow-hearted..cow-built wretch [a horse]!’
Hence cow-ˈheartedness.
1718Motteux Quix. (1733) III. 46 Valour lies just half way between Rashness and Cow-heartedness. |