a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
例句
Psychology is diseased person, milquetoast careful with! 心理不健全者,胆小者慎用!
Foreign policy planners fear the U.S.A gets a Milquetoast reputation abroad. 制定对外政策的人害怕美国会在国外落得个胆小怕事的罪名。
They channel neither Evel Knievel nor Caspar Milquetoast, neither lion tamer nor monk. 他们的途径既不同于摩托特技大王也不同于胆小鬼卡斯珀,他们不是驯狮者也不是僧侣。
"Nice" is a desirable quality.Whereas "doormat," "pantywaist," and "milquetoast" are not. 人们愿意看见“好”,,不愿意看见的是“擦鞋垫”、(doormat)“像软弱的小男(女)孩一样的人”(pantywaist)、和"懦夫"(milquetoast)却不是。
The hapless milquetoast is wanted for being an" alien" and he is captured by a band of guerrillas who want to recruit him to their cause. 这个倒霉的懦夫被作为“外星人”通缉,又被一队游击队抓了壮丁。