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truckle n. 小輪,滑輪
vi. 靠小腳輪移動,屈從,討好
vt. 用小腳輪使移動 小輪,滑輪靠小腳輪移動,屈從,討好用小腳輪使移動 truckle n 1: a low bed to be slid under a higher bed [ synonym: { trundle bed}, { trundle}, { truckle bed}, { truckle}] v 1: yield to out of weakness 2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; " He is always kowtowing to his boss" [ synonym: { fawn}, { toady}, { truckle}, { bootlick}, { kowtow}, { kotow}, { suck up}] Truckle \ Truc" kle\, n. [ Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys. See { Truck} a wheel.] A small wheel or caster. -- Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster]
Truckle \ Truc" kle\, v. i. [ From truckle in truckle- bed, in allusion to the fact that the truckle- bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.] To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep. " Small, trucking states." -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey. -- Norris. [ 1913 Webster]
Truckle \ Truc" kle\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Truckled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Truckling}.] To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle. [ 1913 Webster] 28 Moby Thesaurus words for " truckle": apple- polish, bootlick, bow, brown- nose, butter up, cower, crawl, cringe, defer, fall all over, fawn upon, follow, genuflect, grovel, knuckle down, knuckle under, kowtow, quail, salaam, scrape, submit, succumb, suck up to, tag, tail, toady, trail, yield
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