cowering

英 [ˈkaʊərɪŋ]

美 [ˈkaʊərɪŋ]

v.  (因恐惧而)蜷缩，畏缩，退缩
cower的现在分词

现在分词：cowering　复数：cowerings　

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.
  1. The hostages cowered in their seats.
     人质们蜷缩在座位上。

双语例句

• He stood over the cowering Herb with fists of fury.
  他紧握着两个拳头怒气冲天地站在惊魂未定的赫伯面前。
• Do stop cowering! I'm not going to hit you.
  别退缩！我不会打你。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• We were all representatives of a shadow society, cowering under a cloud of bad tidings that would never come.
  我们只是影子社会的芸芸众生，畏缩在永未实现的不测风云背后。
• 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！
• Osama bin Laden killed cowering behind his'human shield'wife.
  拉登被击毙，死前用妻子做人盾。
• The cowering prisoners will soon be set free; they will not die in their dungeon, nor will they lack bread.
  被掳去的快得释放、必不死而下坑.他的食物、也不致缺乏。