| 单词 | yellow streak |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow streak yellow streak n. colloquial (originally U.S.) a tendency towards cowardice (cf. sense A. 3b). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > trait of cowardice yellow streak1892 1892 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 19 Sept. 3/1 They..said..that I could not hit hard, and that I had a ‘yellow streak’—meaning that I was afraid. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed v. 55 ‘A yellow streak in him, and we didn't know it!’ bellowed the Major. 1977 ‘D. MacNeil’ Wolf in Fold xi. 116 I'm not showing a yellow streak! But we're going to have casualties. 2015 Sun (Nexis) 17 July 43 Cameron is showing his yellow streak. < as lemmas |
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