cower 详细解释

cower

['kauə]

v.畏缩, 退缩, 抖缩

vi.

抖缩; 蜷缩; 畏缩

The dog cowered when its master beat it.

主人打它, 狗便蜷伏起来。

词形变化

动词过去式: cowered | 动词过去分词: cowered | 动词现在分词: cowering | 动词第三人称单数: cowers |

词义辨析

同义:

vi.畏缩; 抖缩

crouch  squat  cringe  

同义参见:

wince  funk  creep  crawl  flinch  

英英释义

动词 cower:

crouch or curl up

同义词：huddle

show submission or fear

同义词：fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, grovel

补充

cowercower英:[ˈkauə] 美:[ˈkaʊɚ]vi.1.畏缩, 抖缩

例句

1. The hostages cowered in their seats.人质全都蜷缩在座位上。 2. She cowered at the sight of a snake.她见到蛇就退缩不前。 3. children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted.枪战爆发时，孩子们害怕得缩成一团。 4. The dog cowered under the table when the storm started.风暴来的时候，那条狗瑟缩在桌子底下。 5. They cowered at the sight of the gun.他们一见到枪就被吓回去了。 6. She was cowering in the closet.她蜷缩在壁橱里。 7. I cowered behind the door.我在门后面蜷缩着。 8. cowering before a bully在恶棍面前畏缩

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