| 词汇 | coward |
| 词源 | coward. Coward derives ultimately from the French coue, “tail,” and was possibly first suggested to hunters by the white tail of a frightened animal, such as a hare or deer, seen when it turns and runs. In any case, coue became the French coart, which came into English as coward. “The cowards never started and the weak died on the way,” was a popular saying about those who made their way West on the Oregon Trail beginning in 1843. |
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