poltroon meaning in English

n.
胆小鬼。
adj.
胆子小的。

What a miserable little poltroon had fear , engendered of unjust punishment , made of me in those days
我停住了脚步，吓得直打哆嗦，可怜的胆小鬼，那时候不公的惩罚竟使她怕成了这付样子！
It would be easier for the weakest poltroon that lives , to erase himself from existence , than to erase one letter of his name or crimes from the knitted register of madame defarge
若想从德伐日太太织成的记录上抹去一个名字或罪恶，那怕是一个字母，也比最胆小的懦夫抹掉自己的生命还难呢！ ”