coward

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cow·ard /ˈkaʊəd $ -ərd/ noun [countable] BRAVEsomeone who is not at all brave 胆小鬼；懦夫 Try it. Don’t be such a coward. 试一下，别那么胆小。 —cowardly adjective a cowardly attack on a defenceless man 攻击一个毫无防卫能力之人的懦夫行为

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coward• Perhaps I should have turned back but I didn't want to be known as a quitter and a coward.• He called me a coward, because I wouldn't fight.• Why would anyone want to go and see a man who was a coward?• Any coward with a grudge could do this to us anywhere, any time.• She knew she was an awful coward about going to the dentist.• You're a damned little coward, Hilary, and I don't know why I bother with you!• Many civil servants are moral cowards.• I may even go so far as to say that I prefer cowards to heroes, given a choice.• They're cowards - they don't have the guts to confront me personally.• The cabdrivers had run away, the cowards.• Alan was a kind of unflinching coward who lived into an era of absolute cowards.Origin coward (1200-1300) Old French coart, from coe “tail”; probably from the idea of an animal with its tail between its legs

cow·ard nounChineseSyllable

brave who Corpus at all someone is not

Coward
Coward, Sir No‧ël /ˈnəʊəl/

(1899–1973) a British actor, singer, and writer of songs and plays, known especially for his clever and humorous plays, such as Private Lives and Blithe Spirit, and his amusing song Mad Dogs and Englishmen

coward
cow‧ard /ˈkaʊəd $ -ərd/

noun [countable]

Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: coart, from coe 'tail'; probably from the idea of an animal with its tail between its legs

someone who is not at all brave: