cowering
英 [ˈkaʊərɪŋ]
美 [ˈkaʊərɪŋ]
v. (因恐惧而)蜷缩,畏缩,退缩
cower的现在分词
BNC.48419 / COCA.39232
柯林斯词典
- VERB (因恐惧而)蜷缩,畏缩
If youcower, you bend forward and downwards because you are very frightened.- The hostages cowered in their seats.
人质们蜷缩在座位上。
- The hostages cowered in their seats.
双语例句
- The curtains were thrown back to reveal a small boy cowering by the French windows.
拉开窗帘,露出一个小男孩子,蜷缩在落地窗旁。 - He's cowering behind the strike line like a little girl.
他还像小女孩一样退在罢工的警戒线之后。 - Just imagine what Pittypat and Melly cowering in their beds would think, should Captain Butler come upstairs!
试想果真巴特勒船长上楼去了,此刻正畏缩着躲在被子里的皮蒂帕特和媚兰会怎样看呢! - Who wants to live their life cowering in fear?
谁想终生生活在恐惧当中? - She bent down and discovered Cosette cowering at the other end of the table, almost under the drinkers'feet.
她弯下腰去,发现珂赛特蜷做一团,缩到桌子的那一头去了,几乎到了酒客们的脚底下。 - The fox, who had attended the steps of his fell mistress, uttered a dismal howl, and ran cowering back to the inner cave.
那只刚才跟在它的残忍的女主人后面走来的狐狸,发出一声凄厉的嚎叫,哆嗦着奔回洞窟里去。 - There is an element of cowering before angry voters.
对未来的胆怯是选民恼怒的原因之一。 - Ma Yue's "Cowering People" displays the psychological and physical condition of the vulnerable people;
马跃的“畏缩的人们”展现了易受伤害的人们的心理和身体状况; - Which means that, while I was playing sports and auditioning for musicals in a Connecticut middle school, she was cowering in a bomb shelter five nights out of seven, trying not to die.
也就是说,当我在康乃狄克州的中学进行体育活动、参加音乐剧试演的时候,她则一个礼拜有五天晚上躲在防空洞壕里免于一死。 - Osama bin Laden killed cowering behind his'human shield'wife.
拉登被击毙,死前用妻子做人盾。