coward

coward音标

英 [ˈkaʊəd]

美 [ˈkaʊərd]

coward基本释义

n.懦夫

adj.胆小的

n.科沃德(姓氏)

coward用法及例句

n.(名词)

[C]胆小鬼,懦夫 a person who is afraid to face danger, pain or hardship; a person who shows fear in a dishonorable way

noun

1. a person who shows fear or timidity

1. 胆小鬼;懦夫;胆怯者If you call someone a coward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations.

e.g. She accused her husband of being a coward.她指责丈夫胆小懦弱。

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1. 懦夫：我想加州第一大检察官Attorney General Jerry Brown 如果知道他手下有如此黑心又懦夫(coward)的办案官员,他会哭的. 从Scheler的案子中她只能诬陷我性骚扰. 但是后来我与斯坦福某些教授交往过程中,又有人诬陷我,说我没有理由找他,

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2. 考沃德(姓氏)：tank relief valves 油罐放气阀 | Coward 考沃德(姓氏) | respiratory movements 呼吸运动

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作名词(n.)

I was basically a dreadful coward.从根本上说,我非常胆小怕事。

He is a coward.他是一个懦夫。

用作名词 (n.)

abject coward可怜的胆小鬼

The Coward-Counsels of a tim'rous Throng.

出自：Pope

词源解说

☆ 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的cowrd，意为夹着尾巴。

近义词

反义词

临近词

runaway逃跑者

deserter背弃者

craven懦弱的

scaredy-cat胆小鬼

weakling虚弱的人

chicken鸡

quitter对工作半途而废的人; （...

brave勇敢的

cowardliness

cowardice

coward-type

cow

cowardly act

Cowards are cruel

cowards

cowardly

Coward Noel

cowboy

coward silence

Coward diagram

相关列句

cried I. `Who is coward now?(现在谁是胆小鬼呀？)

They expected me to lie down like a coward.(他们指望我像一个懦夫一样屈服。)

You do not know that I am an old coward.(你还不知道我是个老胆小鬼。)

He receives the answer, "Coward!"(结果他得到的回答也是：“胆小鬼！”)

What a coward I am!(我真是一个懦夫！)

By attacking me, by attacking my wife, he has proved himself to be a gutless coward.(通过袭击我，袭击我妻子，他已经证明了自己是一个胆小的懦夫。)

"Oh, well!" said Catherine, with scornful compassion, "keep your secret. I'm no coward."(“好吧！”凯瑟琳说，带着讥讽的怜悯，“保守你的秘密吧，我可不是懦夫。”)

Do as I tell you, you coward!(就照我说的做，你这个胆小鬼！)

In his late novel the hero, Robert Jordan, thinks sadly that his father was really a coward who finally proved his cowardice by committing suicide.(在他*近的小说里，主人公罗伯特·乔丹悲伤地认为他的父亲确实是个懦夫，*终以自杀来证明他的懦弱。)

'Coward!' a tiny inner voice insisted.(“胆小鬼！”内心一个小声音坚持说。)