a. cowardly懦怯的。
△2H.VI.3.2.307: “Fie,coward woman and soft-hearted wretch!”呸，懦怯的女人，软心肠的可怜虫！
coward
vt. make cowardly,frighten使得懦怯，使惊恐。
△H.V.2.2.74: “Why,what read you there / Thathave so cowarded and chased your blood / Out of ap-pearance?”怎么，你们究竟读到了什么，竟把你们吓成这样，把脸上的血色都赶跑了？
coward[ˈkauəd]
n.胆小鬼，懦夫
‖ cowardly adv. & adj. / cowardliness n.cowice n.