cower

Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

cow‧er/ˈkaʊə $ -ər/ verb [INTRANSITIVE]
[date : 1200-1300; Language : Middle Low German; Origin : kuren 'to lie hidden']
to bend low and move back because you are frightened
cower back/against/under etc
　 ▪ He cowered against the wall.

verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
back
▪ If you see the audience cowering back, you are too loud.
▪ Dougal cowered back, praying that no one would hear it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ They were cowering in the cellars, trapped by the shelling.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Her fragile sanity crept away from the edge to cower inside the fortress of her orders.
▪ Miriam cowered in terror, her hand up to her throat.
▪ Students cowered in classrooms as the gun shots rang out.
▪ The dailies would clock him every now and then, leaving his flat and cowering under a flash of camera light.
▪ While the menace may be unstoppable, infection-control doctors are not cowering helplessly.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, grovel, huddle