timorous
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈtɪm.ər.əs]
- 美式音标 [ˈtɪm.ɚ.əs]
- 国际音标 ['timərəs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.胆怯的，羞怯的
- adv.胆怯地，羞怯地
- n.羞怯，胆怯
词根记忆
- tim(胆怯) + orous→胆怯的
- tim(胆怯) + orous→胆怯的→胆小的
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- timid：胆小的；羞怯的。
- adv性质的同根词
- timidly：羞怯地；胆小地。
- timorously：羞怯地；容易受惊地。
- n性质的同根词
- timidity：胆怯，胆小；羞怯。
- timidness：羞怯；胆小。
- timorousness：胆怯；容易受惊。
英汉例句
- But, if more timorous souls are not prepared to do so, can they be put to any other use before they are thrown away?
但是，要是更多的人胆小不敢这样做，在扔掉胎盘之前能否将它们用在别处？ - Finally, Jack's owner, Donna Dickey, called the cat inside, and the timorous trespasser disappeared back into the woods.
最后，杰克的主人唐娜迪克唤回了杰克猫，那只胆怯的入侵者才回头消失在了树林里。 - In 1769 the first of the timorous poets, Thomas Gray, was on the scene shuddering pleasurably at the mountains’ “dreadful bulk”.
1769年，胆小的诗人汤姆斯•格雷，第一次站在湖区的深山里，满心愉悦，震憾于这“可怕庞大的高山”。 - As the Chinese continues sweeping up dissidents in preparation for the August games, these timorous governments may come under pressure from their people to voice some protests.
NPR: Tibet Crisis Impacts China's Olympics - India has had a few of these in the 1990s, and some say that prime ministers who know their tenures will be short try to get more done than the timorous and long-serving.
ECONOMIST: Aim higher - But European boards are not timorous.
ECONOMIST: Executive pay
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- timorous unflinching 胆小的
- timorous susceptibility 善恐
- Zeinab timorous 女性英文名字
- Timorous Deep 提莫拉丝深渊;深惧洋
- dauntless timorous 不退缩
短语
英英字典
- nervous and without much confidence
- If you describe someone as timorous, you mean that they are frightened and nervous of other people and situations.
- If you describe someone's actions or decisions as timorous, you are criticizing them for being too cautious or weak, because the person is not very confident and is worried about the possible consequences of their actions.