“backboneless”的英文意思

单词

backboneless

释义

backˈboneless, a.
[f. as prec. + -less.]
Destitute of backbone or strength of character. Hence backˈbonelessness.
1882Standard 3 Mar. 3/6 Backbonelessness and apathy.1882J. Payn For Cash Only III. xlviii. 260 Mildred's pride was of the most backboneless description, a mere social conceit.1886Punch 17 July 28/2 Think of a backboneless man, unable ‘to swim against the stream’.1903W. T. Arnold German Ambitions 89 Backboneless submissiveness to Britain.1925Glasgow Herald 1 Aug. 4/2 It [sc. hæmoglobin] has analogues like hæmocyanin (in many backboneless animals).

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