chickenshit

FREQ #27773

n. 琐碎的细节, 不重要的工作 a. 渺小的

发音

AU

词形变化

chickenshits 复数 chickenshits more chickenshit 比较级 most chickenshit 最高级

别名

chicken-shit

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A petty and contemptible thing or things.

    可数 俚语 不可数 粗俗

    Don't waste your time on that chickenshit.

  2. 2.

    A coward.

    可数 俚语 不可数 粗俗

    I told him I wasn't having his insults, and he just backed right down. What a chickenshit.

  3. 3.

    A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.

    可数 俚语 不可数 粗俗 政治 军事

    That chickenshit drove his men nearly to mutiny.

  4. 4.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, shit: chicken manure.

    可数 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)

    俚语 粗俗
  2. 2.

    Cowardly.

    俚语 粗俗

    How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing.

词汇关系

名词

词源

From chicken + shit.

来源:wiktionary