coward

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n. 懦弱的人, 胆小的人

发音

UK /ˈkaʊəd/
其它
US /ˈkaʊɚd/
IN /ˈkawə(ɾ)d/

词形变化

cowards 复数 cowards cowarded cowarding cowards 三单 cowarding 现在分词 cowarded 过去式 cowarded 过去分词 more coward 比较级 most coward 最高级

别名

cowarde

教材释义与例句

名词

懦夫，懦弱的人

形容词

胆小的，懦怯的

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A person who lacks courage.

    懦夫

    孬种

    孱头

    胆小鬼

    软骨头

    Near-synonyms: big baby, baby

    1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part II Chapter IV, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling He tortured himself to find out how he could make his declaration to her, and always halting between the fear of displeasing her and the shame of being such a coward, he wept with discouragement and desire. Then he took energetic resolutions, wrote letters that he tore up, put it off to times that he again deferred.

v.
  1. 1.

    To intimidate.

    废旧 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Cowardly.

  2. 2.

    Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.

    政治 纹章

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

actor worker doer

下位词 10

sissy craven pansy cur quaker dastard hesitater hesitator milksop milquetoast

相关短语

God hates a coward

词源

From Middle English coward, from Old French coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coue (“tail”), coe + -ard (pejorative agent noun suffix); coue, coe is in turn from Latin cauda. The reference seems to be to an animal "turning tail", or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog. Compare the expression tail between one's legs. Displaced native Old English earg (surviving in northern dialect English argh). Unrelated to cower, which is of Germanic origin.

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