forcible-feeble

短语

a. 外强中干的, 色厉内荏的

词形变化

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释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having a vigorous appearance, but in reality weak or insipid.

    古体

词源

From Francis Feeble, a character in William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2, to whom Falstaff derisively applies the epithet forcible.

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