wimp

Word family

wimp1 /wɪmp/ noun [countableC] informal

1 BRAVEsomeone who has a weak character and is afraid to do something difficult or unpleasant 懦弱无用的人

Don’t be such a wimp!

别那么窝囊！

2. STRONG PERSONa man who is thin and physically weak 瘦弱的男人

—wimpish, wimpy adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

wimp• No wonder Graham was a bit of a wimp.• Jack supposed he was a bit of a wimp, with his dislike of rugby and love of photography.• Which man wants to admit that he's a wimp and needs to assert himself?• He seemed angry with her for some reason but John's a wimp.• Don't be such a wimp, Simon. Tell her you want to break up.• Knowing full well that I was a wimp at heart, it was refreshing to be treated as something else.• What a wimp, I thought.• Because they don't risk money, corporate financiers are considered wimps by traders.• Today, the high-powered financiers on whom Michael Douglas's character was modelled might add that tax is also for wimps.

wimp2 verb

1.wimp out phrasal verbphr v spoken NOT DO somethingto not do something that you intended to do, because you do not feel brave enough, strong enough etc 退缩，畏缩而不敢做〔想做的事〕 SYN cop out

Origin wimp1

(1900-2000) Perhaps from whimper

wimp1 nounwimp2 verb

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