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 was, to my shame, a coward.
  我很惭愧，我是个懦夫。
• This man murdered my father like a coward.
  这个人，卑劣地谋杀了我的父亲。
• She accused her husband of being a coward.
  她指责丈夫胆小懦弱。
• She was a rotten coward
  她是一个讨厌的胆小鬼。
• How's this for a coward?
  这招怎么样，你这懦夫？
• 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。
• No, that's me. I'm the coward, always have been.
  不，那是我。我是懦夫，一直都是。
• "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。
• I am a man, a coward will not attack a man.
  我是一个男人，懦夫是不会袭击一个男人的。
• 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。