a person who is not brave or who does not have the courage to do things that other people do not think are especially difficult胆小鬼；懦夫；胆怯者- 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。🔊🔊
Homophones coward | coweredcoward cowered - coward noun
- He was both a bully and a coward, as bullies often are.他既是欺负者又是胆小鬼，就像欺负者一样。
- cowered verb (past tense, past participle of cower)
- They boarded up the windows and cowered in the basement.他们登上窗户，畏缩在地下室。
Topics Personal qualitiesc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + coward- brand somebody
- call somebody
- label somebody
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See full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French couard, based on Latin cauda ‘tail’, possibly with reference to a frightened animal with its tail between its legs.