单词	weakling
释义	weaklingweak‧ling /ˈwiːk-lɪŋ/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Most of the kids were weaklings and were frightened of getting in a fight. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS An older historiographical tradition depicted Louis as an impulsive weakling, at the mercy of his overbearing wife. He advised her badly, and she married a weakling. Her own father had been as much of a weakling as her husband subsequently became. Of course, there had to be the barrack weakling. She despised the weakling sentiments of Ewan Famber. She married a weakling who turned into a bankrupt, and in helping save her husband she bankrupted her uncle. Violence disenfranchises all weaklings, including children, old people-and women. We wheedled the book ourselves out of that gullible weakling Fleming over at Dull. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorphysically weak► weak someone who is weak is not strong enough to lift heavy things or do a lot of physical work, especially because they are ill: · When you have flu, you feel tired and weak for a long time.· The child was too weak to undergo a transplant operation.· I can't go running - I've got a weak heart.weak from/with: · The soldiers were weak from hunger and exhaustion.· She felt weak with emotion at the sight of him. ► frail someone who is frail is thin and weak, especially because they are old: · a frail 85-year-old lady· She sat up a little straighter, raising her frail body in the bed. ► feeble not physically strong because of being very young, old, ill etc,: · My grandmother's very feeble now and needs someone at home full-time to look after her.· He did not remember his sister at all, except as a tiny, feeble baby. ► fragile someone who is fragile is so weak and delicate that they look as if they could easily be hurt: · The baby felt so fragile in his arms.· Two ambulance attendants picked up his fragile body and put him carefully onto a stretcher. ► shaky feeling weak in your legs and only able to walk slowly and unsteadily: · Even after the long months of therapy Owen was still very shaky.be shaky on your feet: · Her grandfather was a little shaky on his feet after the fall.shaky steps: · The baby's taken her first few shaky steps. ► puny especially written a man or boy who is puny is small, thin, and looks very weak: · Pete was a puny little boy with short hair and glasses.· His wife was such a big strong woman, she made him look puny. ► weedy British informal a man or boy who is weedy is thin and looks weak: · Mouse got his nickname because he was small and weedy. ► weakling someone, especially a boy or young man, who is weak and is not willing to fight or defend himself: · Most of the kids were weaklings and were frightened of getting in a fight. ► weed British informal someone, especially a boy or young man, who is thin and weak - sometimes used humorously: · Everyone called me a weed when I was at school because I was so bad at sports. Word family WORD FAMILYnounweaklingweaknessadjectiveweakverbweakenadverbweakly someone who is not physically strong
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