dastard

• n. 懦夫；卑鄙的人
• adj. 怯懦的；卑劣的

英文词源

dastard (n.)

mid-15c., "one who is lazy or dull;" an English formation on a French model, probably from *dast, "dazed," past participle of dasen "to daze" (see daze (v.)) + deprecatory suffix -ard. Meaning "one who shirks from danger" is late 15c.

双语例句

1. He is nothing but a chicken-hearted dastard.

他只是一个胆怯的懦夫。

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