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craven 音標拼音: [kr'evən] n. 懦夫,怯懦者,膽小鬼
a. 怯懦的,畏縮的,膽小的 懦夫,怯懦者,膽小鬼怯懦的,畏縮的,膽小的 craven adj 1: lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; " the craven fellow turned and ran"; " a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; " this recreant knight"- Spenser [ synonym: { craven}, { recreant}] n 1: an abject coward [ synonym: { poltroon}, { craven}, { recreant}] Craven \ Cra" ven\ ( kr?" v' n), a. [ OE. cravant, cravaunde, OF. cravant? struck down, p. p. of cravanter, crevanter, to break, crush, strike down, fr. an assumed LL. crepantare, fr. L. crepans, p. pr. of crepare to break, crack, rattle. Cf. { Crevice}, { Crepitate}.] Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless. " His craven heart." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. -- Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster]
Craven \ Cra" ven\, n. [ Formerly written also cravant and cravent.] A recreant; a coward; a weak- hearted, spiritless fellow. See { Recreant}, n. [ 1913 Webster] King Henry. Is it fit this soldier keep his oath? Fluellen. He is a craven and a villain else. -- Shak. Syn: Coward; poltroon; dastard. [ 1913 Webster]
Craven \ Cra" ven\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Cravened} (- v' nd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Cravening}.] To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak hand. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 19 Moby Thesaurus words for " craven": base, caitiff, chicken, coward, dastard, dastardly, dunghill, dunghilly, funk, funker, gutless, lily- livered, poltroon, poltroonish, pusillanimous, quitter, recreant, spunkless, unmanly |
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