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单词 truckle
释义
truckle
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1n 2v

WORD FAMILY
truckle: truckled, truckler, truckles, truckling+/truckler: trucklers/truckling: trucklings
USAGE EXAMPLES
He had decided not to truckle with Might any more—to cut it out root and branch, by establishing another standard altogether.
T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958)
Their host, an antiquarian architect, had never truckled under to modern civilization and kept his house free of gas and electricity.
James D. Watson, Double Helix(1968)
“His paintings make small people large, and large people tiny,” she writes, adding, “he doesn’t truckle to either.”
New York Times(Apr 10, 2016)
1
n a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
Syn|Hyper
truckle bed, trundle, trundle bed
bed
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
2
1v try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady
court favor, court favour, curry favor, curry favour
seek favor by fawning or flattery
blandish, flatter
praise somewhat dishonestly
2v yield to out of weakness
Hyper
relent, soften, yield
give in, as to influence or pressure
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