"coward" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [中古英语]

Etymology: 借自古法語 coart,等价于古法語 coe (“尾巴”) + -ard。对比taylarde。
  1. 胆小的
    Sense id: zh-coward-enm-adj-yGH3v4t2
  2. 愚蠢的 Tags: rare
    Sense id: zh-coward-enm-adj-VXQAbepf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [中古英语]

IPA: /ˈkuːard/, /ˈkɔu̯ard/
Etymology: 借自古法語 coart,等价于古法語 coe (“尾巴”) + -ard。对比taylarde。
  1. 懦夫
    Sense id: zh-coward-enm-noun-DzB1gsIA
  2. 傻子 Tags: rare
    Sense id: zh-coward-enm-noun-wK0ITrHm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: couard, couward, cowart, cowerde, coword, cuward, kowarde Related terms: cowardie, cowardise, cowardly, cowardnesse

Noun [中古英语]

Etymology: 借自古法語 coart,等价于古法語 coe (“尾巴”) + -ard。对比taylarde。
  1. couherde的另一種寫法
    Sense id: zh-coward-enm-noun-jFdh6rkH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Adjective [英语]

Forms: more coward [comparative], most coward [superlative]
Etymology: 源自中古英語 coward,源自古法語 coart、cuard(→法語 couard),源自coue、coe (“尾巴”) + -ard (贬义施动者名词后缀)。其中,coue、coe,源自拉丁語 cauda。可能指的是动物“转尾巴的方向或夹着尾巴(逃跑)”,尤其是狗。与英語 cower无关。取代了本土词古英語 earg。
  1. 胆小的,怯懦的
    Sense id: zh-coward-en-adj-M7YEnFAg
  2. 在腿间有两条尾巴的
    Sense id: zh-coward-en-adj-trtDK2XY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (胆小的,怯懦的): cowardly
Categories (other): 英語形容詞, 英語詞元

Noun [英语]

IPA: /ˈkaʊəd/, /ˈkaʊɚd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coward.wav , En-US-coward.wav Forms: cowards [plural]
enPR: kou'əd, kou'ərd Etymology: 源自中古英語 coward,源自古法語 coart、cuard(→法語 couard),源自coue、coe (“尾巴”) + -ard (贬义施动者名词后缀)。其中,coue、coe,源自拉丁語 cauda。可能指的是动物“转尾巴的方向或夹着尾巴(逃跑)”,尤其是狗。与英語 cower无关。取代了本土词古英語 earg。
  1. 懦夫,胆小鬼
    Sense id: zh-coward-en-noun-20287FWc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chicken, scaredy pants, yellowbelly, 见Thesaurus:coward

Verb [英语]

Forms: cowards, cowarding, cowarded
Etymology: 源自中古英語 coward,源自古法語 coart、cuard(→法語 couard),源自coue、coe (“尾巴”) + -ard (贬义施动者名词后缀)。其中,coue、coe,源自拉丁語 cauda。可能指的是动物“转尾巴的方向或夹着尾巴(逃跑)”,尤其是狗。与英語 cower无关。取代了本土词古英語 earg。
  1. 恫吓 Tags: transitive
    Sense id: zh-coward-en-verb-JU02bJu8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 英語動詞, 英語詞元

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      "raw_tags": [
        "(英国)音频"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coward.wav"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kou'ərd",
      "raw_tags": [
        "美國"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaʊɚd/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "美國"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-US-coward.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/En-US-coward.wav/En-US-coward.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/En-US-coward.wav/En-US-coward.wav.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "(美国)音频"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-US-coward.wav"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cowered"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "chicken"
    },
    {
      "word": "scaredy pants"
    },
    {
      "word": "yellowbelly"
    },
    {
      "word": "见Thesaurus:coward"
    }
  ],
  "word": "coward"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "英語形容詞",
    "英語詞元"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "源自中古英語 coward,源自古法語 coart、cuard(→法語 couard),源自coue、coe (“尾巴”) + -ard (贬义施动者名词后缀)。其中,coue、coe,源自拉丁語 cauda。可能指的是动物“转尾巴的方向或夹着尾巴(逃跑)”,尤其是狗。与英語 cower无关。取代了本土词古英語 earg。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more coward",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most coward",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英语",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "大約1605 William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act II, Scene 4,",
          "text": "He rais’d the house with loud and coward cries."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1709, Matthew Prior, “Celia to Damon” in Poems on Several Occasions, London: Jacob Tonson, 2nd edition, p. 89,",
          "text": "Invading Fears repel my Coward Joy;"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "胆小的,怯懦的"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "在腿间有两条尾巴的"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "纹章学",
        "指狮子图案"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "胆小的,怯懦的",
      "word": "cowardly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "coward"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "英語動詞",
    "英語詞元"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "源自中古英語 coward,源自古法語 coart、cuard(→法語 couard),源自coue、coe (“尾巴”) + -ard (贬义施动者名词后缀)。其中,coue、coe,源自拉丁語 cauda。可能指的是动物“转尾巴的方向或夹着尾巴(逃跑)”,尤其是狗。与英語 cower无关。取代了本土词古英語 earg。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cowards",
      "raw_tags": [
        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cowarding",
      "raw_tags": [
        "現在分詞"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cowarded",
      "raw_tags": [
        "一般過去時及過去分詞"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英语",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1820, John Chalkhill, Thealma and Clearchus:",
          "text": "The first he coped with was their captain, whom / His sword sent headless to seek out a tomb. / This cowarded the valour of the rest, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "恫吓"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "弃用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "coward"
}

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