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单词 cower
释义
cowercow‧er /ˈkaʊə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcower
Origin:
1200-1300 Middle Low German kuren ‘to lie hidden’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
cower
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theycower
he, she, itcowers
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theycowered
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave cowered
he, she, ithas cowered
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad cowered
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill cower
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have cowered
Continuous Form
PresentIam cowering
he, she, itis cowering
you, we, theyare cowering
PastI, he, she, itwas cowering
you, we, theywere cowering
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been cowering
he, she, ithas been cowering
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been cowering
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be cowering
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been cowering
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • They were cowering in the cellars, trapped by the shelling.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Her fragile sanity crept away from the edge to cower inside the fortress of her orders.
  • Miriam cowered in terror, her hand up to her throat.
  • Students cowered in classrooms as the gun shots rang out.
  • The dailies would clock him every now and then, leaving his flat and cowering under a flash of camera light.
  • While the menace may be unstoppable, infection-control doctors are not cowering helplessly.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· If you see the audience cowering back, you are too loud.· Dougal cowered back, praying that no one would hear it.
to bend low and move back because you are frightenedcower back/against/under etc He cowered against the wall.
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