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 胆小鬼;懦夫;胆怯者 You coward! What are you afraid of? 你这胆小鬼!你怕什么呢? I'm a real coward when it comes to going to the dentist. 我一去看牙医就胆战心惊。
Homophones coward | coweredcoward coweredTopics Personal qualitiesc1- coward noun
He was both a bully and a coward, as bullies often are. 他既是恶霸又是懦夫,就像恶霸经常做的那样。
- cowered verb (past tense, past participle of cower)
They boarded up the windows and cowered in the basement. 他们用木板封住窗户,蜷缩在地下室里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + coward- brand somebody
- call somebody
- label somebody
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French couard, based on Latin cauda ‘tail’, possibly with reference to a frightened animal with its tail between its legs.