coward

英 [ˈkaʊəd]

美 [ˈkaʊərd]

n.  胆小鬼; 懦夫; 胆怯者

复数：cowards　

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牛津词典

noun

• 胆小鬼；懦夫；胆怯者
  a person who is not brave or who does not have the courage to do things that other people do not think are especially difficult
  1. You coward! What are you afraid of?
     你这胆小鬼！你怕什么呢？
  2. I'm a real coward when it comes to going to the dentist.
     我一去看牙医就胆战心惊。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 胆小鬼;懦夫;胆怯者
  If you call someone acoward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations.
  1. She accused her husband of being a coward.
     她指责丈夫胆小懦弱。

英英释义

noun

• a person who shows fear or timidity

双语例句

• He must not be untruthful, or a coward
  他绝不能是虚伪或胆怯之徒。
• I just never figured you for a coward.
  我只是没有指出你是个胆小鬼。
• But, at the same time, I admit that I was born a coward.
  但是同时我不得不承认我是一个天生的懦夫。
• "I hate that the sheriff thinks me a coward," he said, laughing.
  “我讨厌被郡长认为是个懦夫。”他笑着说。
• They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward.
  他们说他是懦夫，以此激他做那件事。
• And he's not a coward.
  他不像你是个懦夫。
• I like myself be caught because I'm not a coward!
  我让自己被抓，因为我不是懦夫！
• She was a rotten coward
  她是一个讨厌的胆小鬼。
• No, that's me. I'm the coward, always have been.
  不，那是我。我是懦夫，一直都是。
• You see, I was a coward, yes a real coward.
  你看，我当时是个懦夫，真的，的确是个懦夫。