cower

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcowercow‧er /ˈkaʊə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] FRIGHTENEDto bend low and move back because you are frightenedcower back/against/under etc He cowered against the wall.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscower• While the menace may be unstoppable, infection-control doctors are not cowering helplessly.• Miriam cowered in terror, her hand up to her throat.• They were cowering in the cellars, trapped by the shelling.• Her fragile sanity crept away from the edge to cower inside the fortress of her orders.• The dailies would clock him every now and then, leaving his flat and cowering under a flash of camera light.cower back/against/under etc• The dailies would clock him every now and then, leaving his flat and cowering under a flash of camera light.• There was the bed, of course, he could be cowering under it, or maybe in the spacious built-in wardrobe.• The adult response of reason is swept away to reveal the small child cowering under parental wrath.• The roar ceased, leaving them cowering against tattered wallpaper.• Weathered buildings, even the tall air-traffic-control tower, cowered under their own shadows.• Spoiled gardens, dusty flowers, small animals cowering under wilting leaves.• If you see the audience cowering back, you are too loud.Origin cower (1200-1300) Middle Low German kuren “to lie hidden”

单词	cower
释义	cower From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcowercow‧er /ˈkaʊə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] FRIGHTENEDto bend low and move back because you are frightenedcower back/against/under etc He cowered against the wall.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscower• While the menace may be unstoppable, infection-control doctors are not cowering helplessly.• Miriam cowered in terror, her hand up to her throat.• They were cowering in the cellars, trapped by the shelling.• Her fragile sanity crept away from the edge to cower inside the fortress of her orders.• The dailies would clock him every now and then, leaving his flat and cowering under a flash of camera light.cower back/against/under etc• The dailies would clock him every now and then, leaving his flat and cowering under a flash of camera light.• There was the bed, of course, he could be cowering under it, or maybe in the spacious built-in wardrobe.• The adult response of reason is swept away to reveal the small child cowering under parental wrath.• The roar ceased, leaving them cowering against tattered wallpaper.• Weathered buildings, even the tall air-traffic-control tower, cowered under their own shadows.• Spoiled gardens, dusty flowers, small animals cowering under wilting leaves.• If you see the audience cowering back, you are too loud.Origin cower (1200-1300) Middle Low German kuren “to lie hidden”
随便看	structural engineering structural etc repairs structural inflation structural unemployment structural/housing/motorway etc repairs structuralism structure structured structured reality strudel struere struggle struggle free struggle on struggle to do struggle to do something strum strumpet strung strung out strung up strung-out strung-up strungout strungup