英 [ˈkaʊə(r)] 美 [ˈkaʊər]
vi. 退缩；抖缩；蜷缩；弯腰屈膝
第三人称单数cowers
现在分词cowering
过去式cowered
过去分词cowered
cower /ˈkaʊə/ [ cowering cowered cowers ]
不及物动词 If you cower, you bend forward and downward because you are very frightened. 萎缩; 蜷缩
The hostages cowered in their seats.
这些人质蜷缩在其座位上。
畏缩
... /Cough(咳嗽) /Cower(胆怯) /Crack(响指) ...
畏缩（Cowering）：人物因恐惧而呆滞，失去AC的敏捷加值（如果有），而且无法进行任何行动。他的敌人有+2攻击加值。
/cower /退缩 你害怕地退缩了。 你一看到（目标）就害怕地退缩了。
... boggle v.畏缩不前，不敢想像 cower v.畏缩，蜷缩 cringe v.畏缩，谄媚，奉承 ...
退缩；抖缩；蜷缩；弯腰屈膝
One girl hides behind a pillar; another, the one sitting atop the fountain, seems to flinch and cower.
一个女孩躲在了柱子的后面；坐在喷泉台子上的那个，似乎在退缩和畏缩。
They will cower before us.
他们在我们面前将会退缩。
Bankers will cower, afraid to lend.
银行家们会退缩不前，害怕放贷。
They're terrified, they cower.
他们惊恐，畏缩。
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This part of the building was where the afternoon's entertainment used to cower pre-performance.
If Issue 2 gets beaten, statesmen elsewhere favoring frugal budgets will likely cower before a ferocious union backlash.
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They cower in their knees and say this is the first time the bullets have hit the hospital.