cowardly

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小知识

Someone who is acting cowardly is showing no courage. A politician who is afraid to tell the truth about his shadowy past can be described as cowardly.

Use the adjective cowardly to talk about a person whose knees knock together with fear, especially when he or she is afraid of doing the right thing. A famous example of a cowardly character is the Cowardly Lion from “The Wizard of Oz,” who pretended to be ferocious but was actually lacking bravery.

实用短语

1. courage the cowardly dog

   胆小狗英雄,怯懦狗好汉

2. mean and cowardly

   卑怯,卑下怯懦

3. the cowardly lion

   胆小的狮子,懦弱的狮子

4. as cowardly as a rat

   胆小如鼠

5. so cowardly

   如此懦弱

6. cowardly assault

   夫行径

7. cowardly fear

   胆怯

8. cowardly lion

   胆小的狮子,胆小鬼狮子

9. dustflight the cowardly

   胆小的掠尘

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词根：coward

coward胆小的，懦怯的

coward懦夫，懦弱的人

cowardice怯懦；胆小

cowardliness胆怯；懦弱