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

• 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。
• They found an amazing sight, remnants of an army that had vanished, and brought back the abandoned supplies to the Israelites cowering inside.
  军兵消失，留下大批物资。他们把被弃的供给品带给缩在城里的以色列人。
• 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。
• 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；
• Osama bin Laden killed cowering behind his'human shield'wife.
  拉登被击毙，死前用妻子做人盾。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。