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

  1. 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

  1. N-COUNT 胆小鬼;懦夫;胆怯者
    If you call someone a coward, 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。

双语例句

  1. He's a coward and a bully who confuses physical strength with manhood.
    他是一个懦夫,一个分不清蛮力和大丈夫气概的恃强凌弱者。
  2. She accused her husband of being a coward.
    她指责丈夫胆小懦弱。
  3. By attacking me, by attacking my wife, he has proved himself to be a gutless coward.
    他攻击我,攻击我的妻子,这正证明他自己是个没出息的胆小鬼。
  4. 'You're a coward,' Mark said very plainly and soberly
    马克非常直率而严肃地说:“你是个懦夫。”
  5. She was a rotten coward
    她是一个讨厌的胆小鬼。
  6. I was, to my shame, a coward.
    我很惭愧,我是个懦夫。
  7. 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。
  8. He must not be untruthful, or a coward
    他绝不能是虚伪或胆怯之徒。
  9. A bully is always a coward.
    暴汉常是懦夫。
  10. Noticing that there was likely to be trouble, the coward sneaked away.
    那个胆小鬼看到有可能发生骚乱时就溜开了。
  11. He is a wretched coward.
    他是个令人讨厌的胆小鬼。
  12. School has made the boy into a coward.
    学校已把这孩子变成胆小鬼了。
  13. 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。
  14. Am I becoming a coward?
    我现在快要变成胆小鬼了吧?
  15. I like myself be caught because I'm not a coward!
    我让自己被抓,因为我不是懦夫!
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. 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。
  19. You are a coward!
    你是个懦夫。
  20. How's this for a coward?
    这招怎么样,你这懦夫?
  21. I would be a coward if I left now.
    如果我现在离开,就成了一个懦夫。
  22. "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。
  23. And he's not a coward.
    他不像你是个懦夫。
  24. No, that's me. I'm the coward, always have been.
    不,那是我。我是懦夫,一直都是。
  25. 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。
  26. Hunger and weakness had made a coward of him.
    饥饿和虚弱使他变成了胆小鬼。
  27. This man murdered my father like a coward.
    这个人,卑劣地谋杀了我的父亲。
  28. You wronged him by calling him a coward.
    你说他是胆小鬼,这是冤枉了他。
  29. I just never figured you for a coward.
    我只是没有指出你是个胆小鬼。
  30. I was a coward running away, again.
    我是个懦夫,我又逃跑了。

英英释义

noun

  1. a person who shows fear or timidity