n.(名词)

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

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)

1.胆小鬼;懦夫;胆怯者
If you call someone acoward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations.

e.g. She accused her husband of being acoward.
她指责丈夫胆小懦弱。

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1. 懦夫：我想加州第一大检察官Attorney General Jerry Brown 如果知道他手下有如此黑心又懦夫(coward)的办案官员,他会哭的. 从Scheler的案子中她只能诬陷我性骚扰. 但是后来我与斯坦福某些教授交往过程中,又有人诬陷我,说我没有理由找他,

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2. 考沃德(姓氏)：tank relief valves 油罐放气阀 |coward 考沃德(姓氏) | respiratory movements 呼吸运动

1. I was basically a dreadful coward.
   从根本上说,我非常胆小怕事。
2. He is a coward.
   他是一个懦夫。

• The coward-Counsels of a tim'rous Throng.

  出自：Pope

You coward! What are you afraid of?

你这胆小鬼！你怕什么呢？

I'm a real coward when it comes to going to the dentist.

我一去看牙医就胆战心惊。

a cowardly attack on a defenceless man

欺负一个没有自卫能力的人的不光彩行为

She accused her husband of being a coward.

她指责丈夫胆小懦弱。

Scarlett: You, Ashley, a coward? What are you afraid of?

斯佳丽: 你, 希礼, 是个懦夫? 你怕什么 呢 ?

She insulted him by calling him a coward.

她辱骂他是个胆小鬼.

A coward is one who faces anything difficult or dangerous by turning his back on it.

一个胆小的人在面对任何困难和危险时只会转过身去逃避.

At bottom I am not a coward.

其实我不是胆小鬼.

I am a terrible coward when it come to dealing with sick people.

在处理病人方面,我是个糟糕的懦夫.

You are your greatest enemy are a coward ; butare brave, you are your greatest friend.

怯懦 者是自己最大的敌人.勇敢者是自己最好的朋友.

He is a coward by his own admission.

他自己承认是个胆小鬼.

She doesn't know me and I don't even know her name! coward!

她不认识我,而且我连她的名字都不知道呢! 你 说我是懦夫!

coward is one who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

懦夫就是在危急时刻用两条腿思考的人.

I call him a coward to his face.

我当面称他为懦夫.

Noticing that there was likely to be trouble, the coward sneaked away.

那个胆小鬼看到有可能发生骚乱时就溜开了.

He who blames one to his face is a hero , but who backbites is a coward.

好汉当面责备, 懦夫背后诋毁.

The veriest coward would accept the challenge.

就是那最懦弱的胆小鬼也会接受这种挑战.

A bully is always a coward.

暴汉常是懦夫.

To call a brave man a coward is an insult.

把勇士称为懦夫是一种侮辱.

I was basically a dreadful coward.

从根本上说,我非常胆小怕事.

The newspapers had unjustly labelled him as a coward.

那家报纸不公正地称他为懦夫.

He is a bit of a coward.

他有点胆小.

Sir No ? l Peirce coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer.

诺尔·皮尔斯·考沃德爵士是一名英国剧作家, 作曲家, 导演, 演员和歌手.

You, Ashley? A coward?

你, 阿希礼? 是个懦夫?

You coward! What are you afraid of?

你这胆小鬼！你怕什么呢？

She was a rotten coward.

她是一个讨厌的胆小鬼。

She shot to stardom on Broadway in a Noel coward play.

她因在百老汇出演了一部诺埃尔·科沃德的戏一炮而红。

He's a coward and a bully who confuses physical strength with manhood.

他是一个懦夫，一个分不清蛮力和大丈夫气概的恃强凌弱者。

Wiggins says he's not a coward, but that he's philosophically opposed to war.

威金斯说他不是懦夫，只是从哲学上来说他是反战的。

• ☆ 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的cowrd，意为夹着尾巴。