craven
英['kre?v(?)n]
美['krevn]
- adj. 畏縮的；怯懦的
- n. 懦夫
- n. (Craven)人名；(意)克拉文；(英)克雷文
詞態變化
副詞:?cravenly;
助記提示
1. crave => craven: 形容以懇求、渴求的方式求饒的那種狀態。
2. 諧音“哭了問”-----問哭了，問都能問哭，是不是很膽小、懦弱啊。
3. cra- => cry (哭), -ven (拼音“問”) => 哭問，哭著問，小學生很膽怯，問老師都哭.
中文詞源
craven 膽小的
詞源不詳。可能來自詞根crep, 破碎，劈里叭啦，詞源同decrepit, discrepancy. 原指被打敗的，后指被打怕的，因而膽小的。
英文詞源
- craven
- craven: [13] Craven originally meant simply ‘defeated’, and only gradually came to have the pejorative sense ‘cowardly’. It probably came from Old French cravante ‘defeated’, the past participle of the verb cravanter, which in turn came via Vulgar Latin *crepantāre from Latin crepāre; this meant ‘creak, rattle, crack’ (hence the English technical term crepitation [17]) but also secondarily ‘burst’ or ‘break’.
=> crepitation, crevice, decrepit - craven (adj.)
- early 13c., cravant, perhaps from Old French crevante "defeated," past participle of cravanter "to strike down, to fall down," from Latin crepare "to crack, creak." Sense affected by crave and moved from "defeated" to "cowardly" (c. 1400) perhaps via intermediary sense of "confess oneself defeated." Related: Cravenly; cravenness.
雙語例句
- 1. A neighbour saw her talking with Craven.
- 一個鄰居看見她在和克雷文交談。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I had no doubt that the craven fellow would be only too pleased to back out.
- 我毫不懷疑那個膽小的家伙巴不得撒手退出呢.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. They condemned the deal as a craven surrender.
- 他們譴責這筆交易為毫無志氣的投降行為。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Jonathan Craven was the second person hired at Chesapeake Capital.
- 喬納森?卡文是切薩皮克資金第二個聘用的員工.
來自互聯網
- 5. No man wants to be thought a craven person.
- 沒有人愿意被認為是懦弱的人.
來自互聯網