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

• 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。