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单词 scaredy-cat
释义

scaredy-cat

[ skair-dee-kat ]
/ ˈskɛər diˌkæt /
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noun Informal.

fraidy-cat.

Origin of scaredy-cat

First recorded in 1930–35; scared + -y2 + cat (in the slang sense “person, man”)

Words nearby scaredy-cat

scarcely ever, scarcement, scarcity, scare, scarecrow, scaredy-cat, scarehead, scaremonger, scare out of one's wits, scare quotes, scare up
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British Dictionary definitions for scaredy-cat

scaredy-cat
/ (ˈskɛədɪˌkæt) /

noun

informal someone who is easily frightened
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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