truckle

英 ['trʌkl] 美 ['trʌkəl]

• v. 屈从；谄媚
• n. 小轮；滑轮；脚轮

英英释义

Noun:

1. a low bed to be slid under a higher bed

Verb:

1. yield to out of weakness

2. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering;

   "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. This country will never truckle to bullies.
   这个国家将永不屈从于强暴者。
2. I am sick of having to truckle to my superiors.
   我得对上司惟命是从，这叫我心里实在难受。

用作名词 (n.)

1. We supply processing service of industrial truckle.
   我们提供工业脚轮的代理加工。

经典引文

• All my life I've had to truckle to the idea that you knew everything.

  出自： L. Auchincloss

• Many Afrikaners accused him of..truckling to foreigners.

  出自：Times

词汇搭配

• truckle bed (不用时可推到床下的...
• truckle to 屈从

近反义词

【近义词】

• truckle bed (不用时可推到床下的)装...
• suck up 吸收
• trundle bed 有脚轮的矮床...
• bootlick 拍马屁
• toady 谄媚者
• kotow (汉语)磕头(头着地的大...
• trundle 滚
• fawn 未满周岁的小鹿...
• kowtow 叩头