Word
truckle
/ˈtrʌkl/
verb
屈从；谄媚；讨好
核心释义
to behave in a submissive way; to fawn or yield to someone in authority
- 1.
在脚轮上滚动或移动；滚动。
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
- 2.
行为顺从；奉承,屈从于上级。
To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior.
- 3.
睡在装有脚轮的矮床上。
To sleep in a truckle bed.
（靠脚轮）滚动；推动（装有脚轮的物体）；睡在可推入床下的脚轮矮床上；在脚轮上滚动或移动；滚动。；行为顺从；奉承,屈从于上级。；睡在装有脚轮的矮床上。
用法In use
He refuses to truckle to the manager and always defends his team.
用法提示：truckle 为动词原形，表示“屈从；讨好”，后接介词 to。
She truckled to the committee only to have her plan rejected.
用法提示：truckled 是 truckle 的过去式，表示“屈从；讨好”。
Stop truckling to the critics and trust your own judgment.
用法提示：truckling 是 truckle 的现在分词，这里表示“讨好；阿谀”。
truckle to sb/sth
最常用的搭配，带贬义，指为了讨好而卑躬屈膝；宾语通常是有权势的人或势力。
The young assistant truckled to every demand his manager made.
这位年轻助手对经理的每一个要求都唯命是从。
truckle before sb
与 truckle to 意思相近，但用 before 时更强调在某人面前低声下气的姿态。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
词族Word family
- truckle bed
- 脚轮矮床（可推到另一张床底下的矮床） · n.
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