cowed [kau]

英汉解释

n. 奶牛，母牛；母兽
vt. 威胁，恐吓

同义词

n. moo-cow
v. overawe

参考例句

1. Unlike her mother, she would not be cowed by her husband.
不能像她母亲那样，成天受丈夫的恐吓。
2. The anger of such a woman, at such a moment, would have cowed even him.
这样一个女人在这样一个时刻的怒火，就连他也会吓坏的。
3. If anything, people today are more cowed by celebrityhood and stardom than they've ever been before.
如果有什么区别的话，就是今天的人们更容易被上流名人及明星们所唬弄。

英英解释

adj.
  1. frightened into submission or compliance

网络释义

cowed
被威胁的;
Cowed by Wisdom
为智畏服;
She was also cowed into
的孩子不利。;