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

• Who wants to live their life cowering in fear?
  谁想终生生活在恐惧当中？
• Splash into the turpentine, wallop into the blue and the white, frantic flourish on the palette, and then several fierce strokes and slashes of blue on the absolutely cowering canvas.
  只见她将笔先在松节油里蘸了一通，又在蓝、白颜料中搅了几下，然后在调色板上疾调了一番，接下来便是对着画布一顿猛击猛砍。
• He stood over the cowering Herb with fists of fury.
  他紧握着两个拳头怒气冲天地站在惊魂未定的赫伯面前。
• The dog was cowering in a corner.
  狗蜷缩在角落里。
• 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！
• 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。
• The child, terrified, sat cowering in a comer of the room.
  小孩因为害怕而畏缩在房间的角落里。
• Osama bin Laden killed cowering behind his'human shield'wife.
  拉登被击毙，死前用妻子做人盾。
• Do stop cowering! I'm not going to hit you.
  别退缩！我不会打你。
• The cowering prisoners will soon be set free; they will not die in their dungeon, nor will they lack bread.
  被掳去的快得释放、必不死而下坑.他的食物、也不致缺乏。