cower

FREQ #33873

vi. 畏缩, 退缩, 抖缩

发音

US /ˈkaʊɚ/
其它
UK /ˈkaʊə/

词形变化

cowers 三单 cowering 现在分词 cowered 过去式 cowered 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.

    抖缩

    退缩

    不及物

    He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.

    Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire.

  2. 2.

    To crouch in general.

    古体 不及物
  3. 3.

    To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To be a coward; to hide away or refuse to face opposition due to fear.

    比喻 不及物
  5. 1.

    To cherish with care.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

crawl creep huddle fawn grovel cringe

上位词 5

bow bend stoop flex crouch

词源

From Middle English couren, cowre, from Middle Low German kûren (“to lie in wait; linger”) or from North Germanic (Icelandic kúra (“to doze”)); according to Pokorny, all are ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, bend”), see also Proto-Germanic *kuddô (“shell, pod”). Cognate with German kauern (“to squat”), Dutch koeren (“to keep watch (in a cowered position)”), Serbo-Croatian kutriti (“to lie in a bent position”), Swedish kura (“huddle, cower”). Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.

来源：wiktionary