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

• I just never figured you for a coward.
  我只是没有指出你是个胆小鬼。
• Am I becoming a coward?
  我现在快要变成胆小鬼了吧？
• 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。
• 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。
• School has made the boy into a coward.
  学校已把这孩子变成胆小鬼了。
• He must not be untruthful, or a coward
  他绝不能是虚伪或胆怯之徒。
• My quitting strategy surely made me a coward and a weakling.
  我的放弃策略肯定让我成了懦夫、胆小鬼。
• Hunger and weakness had made a coward of him.
  饥饿和虚弱使他变成了胆小鬼。
• How's this for a coward?
  这招怎么样，你这懦夫？
• She shot to stardom on Broadway in a Noel Coward play.
  她因在百老汇出演了一部诺埃尔·科沃德的戏一炮而红。