Cower

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vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    抖縮;蜷縮;畏縮

                      The dog cowered when its master beat it.

                      主人打牠,狗便蜷伏起來。





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–verb (used without object) 

to crouch, as in fear or shame.  



—Synonyms 

cringe, recoil, flinch, quail.





　 It's more fun watching Forest Whitaker - lately a cowering simp in "Vantage Point" and "The Great Debaters" - cut loose with lines like, "You want to talk? Let's talk about my foot up you're a - -!"





see cringe adulation flinch shroud