Cowed

例句:

• We were so cowed by the sight that I think we should have given the job up if it had not been for Prendergast. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The young man stood looking down at her with sardonic contempt, a cowed, self-conscious look on his thick, pale face. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Nor would she but for the mortal pang I had given her pride, that cowed her compassion and kept her silent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mr. Superintendent proved equal to the occasion; he looked at them with his resolute eye, and he cowed them with his military voice. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Rosa was cowed in a moment. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Perfectly cowed by the breadth, the height, the bone, and the brawn of Mrs. Horsfall, they retreated to the back parlour. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Something in my voice, I do not know what, cowed the beasts as they sprang to attack me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• His face was white, and he looked about him with cowed angry eyes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• There was a quality in his voice, amiable but dominant, that cowed the others, who were all younger than he. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He was beat and cowed into laziness and submission. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I knew not how it was, but they cowed and frightened me; and I quailed beneath them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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