cowers

英 [ˈkaʊəz]

美 [ˈkaʊərz]

v.  (因恐惧而)蜷缩，畏缩，退缩
cower的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (因恐惧而)蜷缩，畏缩
  If youcower, you bend forward and downwards because you are very frightened.
  1. The hostages cowered in their seats.
     人质们蜷缩在座位上。

双语例句

• See how he cowers and sneaks, how vaguely all the day he fears, not being immortal nor divine, but the slave and prisoner of his own opinion of himself, a fame won by his own deeds.
  看他如何畏葸不前，如何惶惶终日，既说不上不朽，更无神圣可言，不过是自己思想的奴隶和囚徒，不过是自己辛劳换来的一个名声。