| 单词 | woman-hearted |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoman-hearted woman-hearted adj. and n. (a) adj. that has a heart like a woman; frequently used depreciatively with implications of weakness or cowardice; (b) n. (with the) women-hearted people as a class. ΚΠ 1760 F. Douglas Earl of Douglas v. i. 66 Their officer!—a wretch I lately rais'd—A woman hearted soldier. 1813 H. G. Knight Alashtar iii. xiii Well may the mild, the woman-hearted fail. 1864 L. M. Alcott Moods xvi. 220 Warwick could only submit to this woman-hearted child, and love her with redoubled love, both for what she was and what she aspired to be. 1914 B. Moses Spanish Dependencies in South Amer. i. 25 The great majority of the inhabitants were not woman-hearted... The Spanish colonist manifested a virility that commends him to those who admire the heroic qualities of men. 1997 B. Cornwell Excalibur viii. 244 Liofa, left impotent in Arthur's wake, called him woman-hearted. < as lemmas |
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