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軟體動物 — meaning in English

ruǎn tǐ dòng wù

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English meaning

  • milksop noun A piece of bread sopped in milk.
  • weakling noun A physically frail or sickly person.
  • weenie noun Someone weak and unimportant, a wimp.

Senses

軟體動物 is used for these senses in English:

  • milksop (by extension, pejorative) An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.
  • mollusc A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
  • namby-pamby One who is insipid, sentimental, or weak.
  • weakling (figuratively) A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.
  • weenie (slang, sometimes, derogatory) Someone weak and unimportant, a wimp.
  • yellowbelly (informal) A coward.

milksop — full definition

  1. noun A piece of bread sopped in milk.
  2. noun A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk.
  3. noun An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.

weakling — full definition

  1. noun A physically frail or sickly person.
  2. noun Someone lacking courage or moral backbone.
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