cower
英 [ˈkaʊə(r)]
美 [ˈkaʊər]
v. (因恐惧而)蜷缩，畏缩，退缩
现在分词：cowering 过去式：cowered 第三人称单数：cowers 过去分词：cowered
BNC.16018 / COCA.14810
同义词辨析
recoilcowerflinchshrink【导航词义：退缩】
recoilv. 〈书〉退缩，畏缩
〔辨析〕
指因不喜欢或害怕某物而突然向后退，常用于 recoil from sb/sth 或recoil at sth 结构中。
〔例证〕
She recoiled in horror at the sight of a snake.
她一看见蛇就吓得往后缩。
Why did he recoil from her touch?
为什么她一碰他，他便往后缩？
We shouldn't recoil in the face of difficulty.
遇到困难我们不应该畏缩不前。
She recoiled in horror when she saw the state he was in.
看到他那个样子，她吓得直往后缩。
她一看见蛇就吓得往后缩。
Why did he recoil from her touch?
为什么她一碰他，他便往后缩？
We shouldn't recoil in the face of difficulty.
遇到困难我们不应该畏缩不前。
She recoiled in horror when she saw the state he was in.
看到他那个样子，她吓得直往后缩。
cowerv. 退缩，畏缩
〔辨析〕
指因害怕而蜷缩，常后接介词 against/under。
〔例证〕
The little boy would cower under the table when there was lightning.
一有闪电，这个小男孩就蜷缩到桌子底下。
His father cowered against the wall.
他父亲蜷缩在墙根儿。
His dog was cowering in a corner.
他的狗蜷缩在角落里。
一有闪电，这个小男孩就蜷缩到桌子底下。
His father cowered against the wall.
他父亲蜷缩在墙根儿。
His dog was cowering in a corner.
他的狗蜷缩在角落里。
flinchv. 退缩，畏缩
〔辨析〕
指由于疼痛、害怕或烦恼而退缩或躲开，常用于 flinch at sth 或 flinch away from sb/sth 结构中。
〔例证〕
Separated from his mother for such a long time, the boy flinched away from her when she tried to give him a hug.
由于分开了太长时间，当妈妈想拥抱他时，小男孩退缩着躲开了。
He flinched at the sight of the dog.
他一见到那条狗就往后退。
由于分开了太长时间，当妈妈想拥抱他时，小男孩退缩着躲开了。
He flinched at the sight of the dog.
他一见到那条狗就往后退。
shrinkv. 退缩，畏缩
〔辨析〕
尤指因恐惧而退缩，通常后接副词 away/back。
〔例证〕
The thief shrank back against the wall when he heard the police approaching.
听到警察朝这边走过来，小偷退到墙根儿。
The king's anger made his ministers shrink away from him.
国王大发脾气，大臣们纷纷退避。
She shrank away from his touch.
她往后一缩避开了他的触摸。
听到警察朝这边走过来，小偷退到墙根儿。
The king's anger made his ministers shrink away from him.
国王大发脾气，大臣们纷纷退避。
She shrank away from his touch.
她往后一缩避开了他的触摸。
牛津词典
verb
- （因恐惧而）蜷缩，畏缩，退缩
to bend low and/or move backwards because you are frightened- A gun went off and people cowered behind walls and under tables.
一声枪响，人们缩到墙后或桌子底下躲起来。
- A gun went off and people cowered behind walls and under tables.
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.- The hostages cowered in their seats.
人质们蜷缩在座位上。
- The hostages cowered in their seats.
英英释义
verb
- show submission or fear
- crouch or curl up
- They huddled outside in the rain
双语例句
- Though I used to very afraid, I think I was very brave. I couldn't be cower.
以前我虽然感到无比害怕，但我想我是勇敢的，我不会因此而退缩。 - He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will trample down their high places.
他是你的盾牌，帮助你，是你威荣的刀剑；你的仇敌必投降你，你必踏在他们的高处。 - Over the next few months, as the account manager watched co-workers cower under the boss's brow-beating, he realized that the tyrant fed on fear.
在接下来的几个月里，这位会计主管看到同事们在老板的恫吓下战战兢兢地工作，（下属的）畏惧使得暴君式的老板变本加厉，越发得意。 - This paper expounds a new method on confirming the location and magnitude of minimum transmission angle, which is based on the relationship of component length in designed plane cower four-bar linkage.
阐述了在设计好的平面低副四杆机构中，由杆长关系确定最小传动角位置及大小的新方法。 - Every hunter pet can learn Growl, Cower and either Bite or Claw ( never both).
所有宠物可以学习低吼，爪击撕咬之一，畏缩。 - To trample upon practice is to cower before truth.
对实践的专横就是对真理的恐惧。 - Then you will cower before a sorcerer!
那么你会在巫师面前发抖！ - When the day is done and the shadows cower under the trees, I shall come back in the dusk.
一天完了，影子俯伏在树底下，我便要在黄昏中回家来。 - They don't cower when the boss comes around.
当老板来到身边时，他们也不畏缩。 - You cower when something wrong is going on.
你在出现问题的时候退缩。