craven

FREQ #20465

n. 懦夫, 怯懦者, 胆小鬼 a. 怯懦的, 畏缩的, 胆小的

发音

其它 /ˈkɹeɪ.vən/

词形变化

cravens 复数 cravens cravened cravening cravens 三单 cravening 现在分词 cravened 过去式 cravened 过去分词 cravenest more craven 比较级 most craven 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A coward.

    古体
v.
  1. 1.

    To make craven.

    古体
adj.
  1. 1.

    Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

poltroon recreant

上位词 1

coward
形容词

同义词 1

recreant

近义相关 2

cowardly fearful

相关短语

Craven Arms Craven County Craven Plateau cry craven 叫饶 cries craven crying craven cried craven

词源

From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter (ultimately from Latin crepare), or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).

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