英语词汇“to mount the white feather”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. A white feather as a symbol of cowardice. Chiefly in figurative phrases, as to mount (also show) the white feather: to surrender in a cowardly way. Also in to find (also have) a white feather in one's tail (also wing).With allusion to the fact that a white feather in a game bird's tail was considered a mark of inferior breeding. During the First World War (1914–18) women presented unenlisted men with white feathers in order to reproach them for not fighting.

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1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue White feather, he has a white feather, he is a coward, an allusion to a game cock, where having a white feather, is a proof he is not of the true game breed.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 180 ‘He has a white feather in his wing..,’ said Simon of Hackburn, somewhat scandalized by his ready surrender.

c1825 Village Dialogue Bull-baiting: Pt. 2 (Houlston Tracts, No. 28) xxvii. 4 I've long guess'd..that we should find a white feather in thy tail.

1829 W. Scott Jrnl. 15 Apr. (1946) 52 No one will defend him who shows the white feather.

1856 C. Reade It is never too Late I. xvi. 319 You..tempt a poor broken sick creature to mount the white feather.

1915 H. R. Haggard Holy Flower xv. 265 As a witch-doctor of repute, he felt that it did not become him to show the white feather in the presence of an evil spirit.

2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 2 Oct. 43 The French government, ever willing to show the white feather, has been cutting taxes to appease anyone who takes to the streets.

单词	to mount the white feather
释义	> as lemmas to mount (also show) the white feather 1. A white feather as a symbol of cowardice. Chiefly in figurative phrases, as to mount (also show) the white feather: to surrender in a cowardly way. Also in to find (also have) a white feather in one's tail (also wing).With allusion to the fact that a white feather in a game bird's tail was considered a mark of inferior breeding. During the First World War (1914–18) women presented unenlisted men with white feathers in order to reproach them for not fighting. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue White feather, he has a white feather, he is a coward, an allusion to a game cock, where having a white feather, is a proof he is not of the true game breed. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 180 ‘He has a white feather in his wing..,’ said Simon of Hackburn, somewhat scandalized by his ready surrender. c1825 Village Dialogue Bull-baiting: Pt. 2 (Houlston Tracts, No. 28) xxvii. 4 I've long guess'd..that we should find a white feather in thy tail. 1829 W. Scott Jrnl. 15 Apr. (1946) 52 No one will defend him who shows the white feather. 1856 C. Reade It is never too Late I. xvi. 319 You..tempt a poor broken sick creature to mount the white feather. 1915 H. R. Haggard Holy Flower xv. 265 As a witch-doctor of repute, he felt that it did not become him to show the white feather in the presence of an evil spirit. 2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 2 Oct. 43 The French government, ever willing to show the white feather, has been cutting taxes to appease anyone who takes to the streets. extracted from white feathern. < as lemmas
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