单词乎

coward

音标['kauәd]

汉语翻译

n. 懦弱的人, 胆小的人

英语解释

名词 coward:

  1. a person who shows fear or timidity
  2. English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)
    同义词:Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward

例句

  1. They taunted him with cowardice/with being a coward.
    他们讥笑他胆怯[是胆小鬼]。
  2. He is a coward by his own admission.
    他自己承认是个胆小鬼。
  3. He lay down like a coward.
    他驯服得像一个懦夫。
  4. Tom is no coward.
    汤姆绝不是懦夫。
  5. Coward as he is (=Though he is a coward), he can't bear such an insult.
    虽然他是懦夫,却无法忍受这样的侮辱。
  6. Cowards die many times before their death.
    懦夫一生要经过许多次死的痛苦。

详细解释


cow.ard

n.(名词)
One who shows ignoble fear in the face of danger or pain.
胆小鬼:在面对危险和疼痛时表现出毫无恐惧的人

来源:
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French couard
源自 古法语 couard
from coue [tail]
源自 coue [尾巴]
from Latin cauda
源自 拉丁语 cauda

【引伸】
cow.ard
adj.(形容词)

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