coward(英文單詞)

coward，英語名詞、形容詞。名詞意思是懦夫，膽怯者；形容詞意思是懦怯的，膽小的。

基本介紹

• 中文名：膽小鬼,懦夫
• 外文名：coward

雙語解釋

n.(名詞)

1. [C]膽小鬼,懦夫 a person who is afraid to face danger, pain or hardship; a person who shows fear in a dishonorable way

英英釋義

Noun:

1. a person who shows fear or timidity
2. English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)

雙語例句

用作名詞 (n.)

懦夫,膽怯者[C]

1. Only a coward would run from danger.
   只有懦夫才臨危脫逃。
2. Only acowardgives in to his fate.
   只有懦夫向命運屈服。
3. He is acowardby his own admission.
   他自己承認是個膽小鬼。
4. I was basically a dreadful coward. 從根本上說,我非常膽小怕事。
5. He is a coward. 他是一個懦夫。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

懦怯的,膽小的

1. There is acowardsilence when the stern principal come in.
   嚴厲的校長走進來時,大家膽怯得不敢出聲。

辭彙搭配

用作名詞 (n.)

形容詞+～

• abject coward 可憐的膽小鬼

經典引文

• The Coward-Counsels of a tim'rous Throng.
  出自：Pope