timorous

a. 胆怯的, 胆小的, 羞怯的

发音

US /ˈtɪməɹəs/
其它
UK /ˈtɪməɹəs/
US /ˈtɪmɹəs/
UK /ˈtɪmɹəs/

词形变化

more timorous 比较级 most timorous 最高级

别名

timerous timourous

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Tending to be easily frightened; shy, timid.

  2. 2.

    Feeling fear; afraid, fearful, frightened.

    古体
  3. 3.

    Fired with intense feeling; passionate.

    英国 方言
  4. 4.

    Causing dread or fear; dreadful, terrible.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    Humble, modest; also, showing reverence; respectful, reverent, reverential.

    废旧
  6. 6.

    Fastidious in dressing.

    英国 方言
  7. 7.

    Hard to manage; difficult, tiresome.

    英国 方言

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

fearful trepid

近义相关 1

timid

相关短语

timorous schizotypal

词源

From Late Middle English timorous (“(adjective) fearful, frightened; causing fear, dreadful, terrible; deferential, modest; (noun) timid people collectively”), borrowed from Old French temoros, temorous, from Medieval Latin timōrōsus, from timōr- (the stem of Latin timor (“dread, fear”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; prone to’). Timor is derived from timeō (“to be afraid of, fear”) (further origin uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”)) + -or (suffix forming third-declension masculine abstract nouns). Doublet of timoroso.

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