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 like myself be caught because I'm not a coward!
  我让自己被抓，因为我不是懦夫！
• 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。
• 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。
• I was a coward running away, again.
  我是个懦夫，我又逃跑了。
• 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。
• 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。
• And he's not a coward.
  他不像你是个懦夫。
• Am I becoming a coward?
  我现在快要变成胆小鬼了吧？
• 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。
• He is a wretched coward.
  他是个令人讨厌的胆小鬼。