• adj. 膽怯的

lily,白百合，俚語詞義蒼白的，無血的，膽小的，liver,肝，古代醫(yī)學(xué)理念的愛與情感所在。

lily-livered (adj.)

"cowardly," 1605, in "Macbeth;" from lily (in its color sense of "pale, bloodless") + liver (n.1), which was a supposed seat of love and passion. A healthy liver is typically dark reddish-brown.

1. We sat in Lily's sunroom while I sketched in the situation.

我們坐在莉莉的日光浴室里，我把目前形勢的細(xì)節(jié)情況又補(bǔ)充說明了一下。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Lily lives in a penthouse just off Park Avenue.

莉莉住在公園大道附近的一套頂層豪華公寓里。

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3. I rode to Lily's in a cab.

我乘出租車去了莉莉家。

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4. Lily was in one of her aggressive moods.

莉莉當(dāng)時(shí)不依不饒。

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5. They want me to conform, to be lily-white.

他們要我循規(guī)蹈矩，要我清白無瑕。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》