| 词汇 | cowedly |
| 释义 | cowedly adverb uk /ˈkaʊ.ɪd.li/ us /ˈkaʊ.ɪd.li/ in a way that shows that you are doing something because you have been frightened by threats or violence: She looked at the floor and spoke cowedly. The frightened villagers reluctantly but cowedly turned and left. Finally they began to protest, not just quietly and cowedly, but in numbers that were too big to ignore. He sat quietly between his daughters, glancing at them cowedly from time to time. During this period the workers began to rise up against people they'd cowedly called "sir" all their lives. Afraid afraid afraid for someone/something afraid of someone/something be in fear of your lifephrase be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlightsidiom bottle goosey gun-shy have a horror of somethingidiom horror-struck in terror of your lifeidiom leaf panic shake shit a brickidiom squirrelly terrified terror terror-stricken threatened Related wordcowed |
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