cowardly
英 [ˈkaʊ.əd]
美 [ˈkaʊ.ɚd]
- adj. 怯懦的,懦弱的;胆小的
- adv. 胆怯地
将“cowardly”与“cow”联想起来,想象一头牛(cow)因为胆小( cowardly)而退缩的样子,这种图像可以帮助你记住单词的含义是“胆小的”。
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- cowardly (adj.)
- 1550s, from coward + -ly (1). The adverb (late 14c.) is much older than the adjective:
Yit had I levir do what I may Than here to dye thus cowerdelye ["Le Morte d'Arthur," c. 1450]
An Old English word for "cowardly" was earg, which also meant "slothful." Related: Cowardliness.
- 1. That was sporting of him. Or should I say cowardly.
- 他风格真高。或者我是否应该说他很懦弱?
- 2. This was a cowardly thing to do.
- 做这种事是懦弱的行为。
- 3. I was too cowardly to complain.
- 我太胆小,不敢抱怨。
- 4. He was weak, cowardly and treacherous.
- 他软弱、胆怯、奸诈。
- 5. There's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.
- 这种态度有点怯懦可鄙.