• vi. 退縮；抖縮；蜷縮；彎腰屈膝

來自低地德語kuren, 躺下，特指因恐懼躺倒，蜷縮，最終詞源不詳，可能來自PIE*sker, 彎，轉，詞源同curve,crumple. 其拼寫比較tower,turret（炮塔，塔樓）。cow, coward, cower三詞在拼寫上可能存在相互影響，但是在詞源上沒有任何聯系。

cower (v.)

c. 1300, probably from Middle Low German *kuren "lie in wait" (Modern German kauern), or similar Scandinavian words meaning "to squat" and "to doze" (such as Old Norse kura, Danish, Norwegian kure, Swedish kura). Thus unrelated to coward. Related: Cowered; cowering.

1. The cower unit of the Eagle is a wellsorted lithic and glauconitic marine sandstone.

伊格爾砂巖的下部單元是分選良好的巖屑質和海相海綠石質.

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2. To trample upon practice is to cower before truth.

對實踐的專橫就是對真理的恐懼.

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3. Although it is very cold, don't cower back. Smile amusedly and cheer.

雖然非常寒冷, 但是請不要退縮, 開心的笑一下,加油.

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4. I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.

我決不會在任何一位大師面前發(fā)抖,也不會為任何恐嚇所屈服.

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5. But it was him, Jim Cower, that she still felt angry at.

但是她依然很氣吉姆?考渥這個人.

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