| 词汇 | cower |
| 释义 | cowerWord family adverbcoweringlyverbcower cow·er /ˈkaʊə $ -ər/ verb [intransitiveI] FRIGHTENEDto bend low and move back because you are frightened 〔由于恐惧而〕蜷缩；退缩，畏缩 cower back/against/under etc He cowered against the wall. 他蜷缩在墙根。 Examples from the Corpus cower• While the menace may be unstoppable, infection-control doctors are not cowering helplessly.• Students cowered in classrooms as the gun shots rang out.• Miriam cowered in terror, her hand up to her throat.• They were cowering in the cellars, trapped by the shelling.• Her fragile sanity crept away from the edge to cower inside the fortress of her orders.• The dailies would clock him every now and then, leaving his flat and cowering under a flash of camera light. cower back/against/under etc• The dailies would clock him every now and then, leaving his flat and cowering under a flash of camera light.• There was the bed, of course, he could be cowering under it, or maybe in the spacious built-in wardrobe.• These were the days of ducking and cowering under our desks to survive a direct hit from an atomic bomb.• The adult response of reason is swept away to reveal the small child cowering under parental wrath.• The roar ceased, leaving them cowering against tattered wallpaper.• Weathered buildings, even the tall air-traffic-control tower, cowered under their own shadows.• Spoiled gardens, dusty flowers, small animals cowering under wilting leaves.• If you see the audience cowering back, you are too loud. (1200-1300) Middle Low German kuren “to lie hidden” |
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