Cower
['kaʊə] or ['kaʊɚ]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear.
(v. t.) To cherish with care.
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同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Crouch, cringe, fawn, stoop, squat, bend the knee.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Shrink, stoop, crouch
ANT:Rise, stand, dare, face, confront
校對:菲利斯
解釋/意思:
v.i. to sink down through fear &c.: to crouch for protection or in fear.—adv. Cow′eringly.
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例句/造句/用法:
- No need to cower behind a gate-post, indeed! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Cowering forward for warmth and to make me a screen against the wind, the convicts were closer to me than before. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The candle was relit, and there was our wretched captive, shivering and cowering in the grasp of the detective. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- She hurried on, cowering from the white planet. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He cowered down upon his stone bed, and thought of the past. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- The slave girls upon the dais shrieked and cowered away. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The Premier sprang to his feet with that quick, fierce gleam of his deep-set eyes before which a Cabinet has cowered. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- During this long speech the Greek made neither sound nor movement, but, like a beaten hound, cowered before the lash of Justinian's scornful words. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Jane hung her head and cowered at this, for she felt as if it was particularly directed to her. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- She cowered near to him. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Looking cautiously round, to ascertain that they were not overheard, the two hags cowered nearer to the fire, and chuckled heartily. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- He cowers and droops. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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