quailquail[kwєl; kwєil]不及物动词[对…]感到畏惧,胆怯,沮丧; [看到…而] 显露惧色 [at,before]The boy ~ed （with fear） at the sight.男孩看到那情景而畏缩 （害怕）Her eyes ~ed before his angry looks.面对他生气的样子,她的眼睛露出惧色quail[kw ...
recoilre.coil[rI`kɒIl; riˋkɒil]不及物动词1 a. 退却,后退b. （因惊吓、恐惧等而） [对…]退缩 [from,at]They ~ed from such radical ideas.那样偏激的想法使他们望而生畏I ~ed at seeing a dead cat on the road.我在路上看见一只死猫而向后退缩2 a. ...
blenchblench为 blanch 之变体blench[blZntʃ; blєntʃ]不及物动词退缩,畏缩
flinchflinch[flIntʃ; flintʃ]不及物动词1 退缩,畏缩Without ~ing he dashed into the burning house to save the children.他毫不畏缩地冲进在燃烧的房屋中去救小孩2 退避,逃避 [危险、责任等] [from]He did not ~ from his duty.他不逃避自己的职责可 ...
shrinkshrink[ʃrIŋk; ʃriŋk]（shrank[r]k; r]k],（美）shrunk[rk; rk]; shrunk,shrunken[`rk~n; 'rk~n]）不及物动词1 a. 收缩,缩短,缩水This cloth does not ~ in the wash.这块布洗了不会缩水b. 减少,变少[小]My savings quickly shrank.我的储蓄急速减 ...
wincewince[wIns; wins]不及物动词[对疼痛、恐怖] 畏缩,退避 [at,under]He ~d at the slight [under the blow].那次侮辱 [那一击] 使他退缩名词[a ~]退缩,畏缩without a ~毫不退缩地