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
- Will the Chinese cower before difficulties when they are not afraid even of death?
中国人死都不怕，还怕困难吗？ - 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。 - 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。 - Thou wilt not cower in the dust.
你不会含屈忍辱畏缩不前。 - No need to cower behind a gate-post, indeed!
没有必要躲在门柱后面畏缩不前了，真的！ - Whatever you do, don't cower, stammer or apologize.
不论怎样，都不要畏缩、支吾或抱歉。 - You cower when something wrong is going on.
你在出现问题的时候退缩。 - The only product reviewers who need to cower behind an alias are those with an undeclared interest or with something to hide.
只有那些有着不为人所知的利益或是不可告人的秘密的人，才需要在评论产品时畏缩在化名背后。 - Death and Decay no longer has a cower component, but a glyph can add that back.
死亡凋零不再有恐慌效果，死亡凋零雕文可以重新得到它。基础伤害应该会有提升。 - The cower unit of the eagle is a wellsorted lithic and glauconitic marine sandstone.
伊格尔砂岩的下部单元是分选良好的岩屑质和海相海绿石质。