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单词 white feather
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
white′ feath′er, [Chiefly Brit.]
  1. British Termsa symbol of cowardice.
  2. British Terms show the white feather, to behave in a cowardly manner.
  • origin, originally from a white feather in a gamecock's tail, taken as a sign of inferior breeding and hence of poor fighting qualities 1775–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
white feather n
  1. a symbol or mark of cowardice
  2. show the white feather ⇒ to act in a cowardly manner
Etymology: from the belief that a white feather in a gamecock's tail was a sign of a poor fighter
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