膽子上的軟
折的是決心：事情一難，人就退開。
noun · B2
An insulting word for someone who gives in easily and is too afraid to do something hard, painful or unpleasant.
膽小鬼
核心畫面
Wimp can be pictured as someone who folds at the first push. Lean on him and he moves; ask him to go first and he waits. The word then points at two places where that folding shows: the nerve and the body. Both are said to hurt.
可以想成一個一推就退的人。輕輕一壓他就讓，叫他先上他就等。這個「一推就退」的印象落在兩個地方：一個是膽量，一個是身體…更多收起
可以想成一個一推就退的人。輕輕一壓他就讓，叫他先上他就等。這個「一推就退」的印象落在兩個地方：一個是膽量，一個是身體。兩個講出來都會傷人。From the word’s history
The source calls it possibly a clipping of whimper, and notes that the name was familiar enough in 1930s America to be used for two famously soft characters. If that is right, the picture started as a small sound made instead of a stand.
資料說它可能是 whimper（嗚咽）的縮短，而且 1930 年代的美國已經熟到拿來給兩個出名的軟角色命名。如果這條線索沒錯，那這個字一開始的畫面，就是「該挺住的時候發出的一聲小小哭腔」。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:755657925): Possibly a clipping of whimper; J. Wellington Wimpy and Wallace Wimple cited.
Two branches
身體上的弱
同一個「一推就退」的印象，從心裡移到身上：這次讓步的是力氣。
noun · B2
An insulting word for a man who is thin and does not look physically strong.
瘦弱的男生（貶）
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
wimpnoun詞源 1/wɪmp/
- 1
derogatoryslangSomeone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.
- (see title)
wimpverb詞源 1/wɪmp/
- 1
slangTo behave submissively.
- "They were wimping along and I was accomplished," she asserts with some pride and a touch of arrogance.
- 2
slangTo make (something) weak or wimpy.
- If you're particularly fond of Foster's, Heineken or Moosehead at home, you will be disappointed to find that it's been wimped down for the American market.
wimpadj詞源 1/wɪmp/
- 1
slangWeak, wimpy.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。