| 释义 |
●a ˌman of ˈstrawa weak or cowardly person 懦夫；软弱的人◆You don’t need to be frightened of him — he’s a man of straw.
你不必怕他，他是个懦夫。 NOTE This idiom compares a person to a model of a man filled with straw (= stems of grain plants such as wheat, etc. that have been cut and dried). 这个习语源于人与稻草人（straw）的比较。 |