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Collins English-English Dictionary
- white feather
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n
a symbol or mark of cowardice
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n
[Etymology]
from the belief that a white feather in a gamecock's tail was a sign of a poor fighter
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n
a symbol or mark of cowardice
Examples
- a Democratic White House
- 由民主党人任总统的白宫 → a
- alternate stripes of blue and white
- 蓝白相间的条纹 → alternate
- a red and white dress
- 一件红白相间的衣服 → and
- the white apparel of winter
- 冬天银装素裹的景色 → apparel
- to put an agreement down in black and white
- 将协议用白纸黑字写下来 → black and white
- a black-and-white tie
- 黑白领结 → black-and-white
- a black-and-white print
- 黑白图片 → black-and-white
- a black-and-white TV set
- 黑白电视机 → black-and-white
- to consider a moral question in black-and-white terms as entirely right or entirely wrong
- 把一个道德问题看成是完全正确或完全错误 → black-and-white
- a dead white
- 灰白色 → dead
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