craven
音标['kreivәn]
汉语翻译
n. 懦夫, 怯懦者, 胆小鬼
a. 怯懦的, 畏缩的, 胆小的
a. 怯懦的, 畏缩的, 胆小的
词型变化
名词:cravenness 副词:cravenly
英语解释
名词 craven:
- an abject coward同义词：poltroon, recreant
形容词 craven:
- lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful- Spenser同义词：recreant
例句
- No man wants to be thought a craven person.没有人愿意被认为是懦弱的人。
- He is a craven deserter.他是个胆小的逃兵。
详细解释
cra.ven
adj.（形容词）Characterized by abject fear; cowardly.因害怕而可鄙的；怯懦的n.（名词）A coward.懦夫
来源：Middle English cravant 中古英语 cravant perhaps from Old French crevant [present participle of] crever [to burst] 可能源自 古法语 crevant [] crever的现在分词 [爆炸] from Latin crep3re [to break] 源自 拉丁语 crep3re [破裂]
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cra.venly
adv.（副词）cra.venness
n.（名词）
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