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”。
Verb forms
base truckle · third person truckles · -ing truckling · past truckled · past participle truckled
规则动词,意为屈从或讨好。
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