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单词 milquetoast
释义 milquetoast
 /milk"tohst'/,  n.   (sometimes cap.)
 a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, esp. one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise. Also called Caspar Milquetoast.
 [1935-40, Amer.; after Caspar Milquetoast, a character in The Timid Soul, comic strip by H. T. Webster (1885-1952), American cartoonist]
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