a. cowardly懦怯的。
△2H.VI.3.2.307: “Fie,coward woman and soft-hearted wretch!”呸，懦怯的女人，軟心腸的可憐蟲！
coward
vt. make cowardly,frighten使得懦怯，使驚恐。
△H.V.2.2.74: “Why,what read you there / Thathave so cowarded and chased your blood / Out of ap-pearance?”怎么，你們究竟讀到了什么，竟把你們嚇成這樣，把臉上的血色都趕跑了？
coward[?kau?d]
n.膽小鬼，懦夫
‖ cowardly adv. & adj. / cowardliness n.cowice n.