| 词汇 | coward |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： early 13c., from O.Fr. coart, from coe "tail," from L. coda, dialectal variant of cauda "tail," of uncertain origin + -ard, an agent noun suffix denoting one that carries on some action or possesses some quality, with derogatory connotation (see -ard). The word probably reflects an animal metaphoric sense still found in expressions like turning tail and tail between legs. Coart was the name of the hare in O.Fr. versions of "Reynard the Fox." As a surname (attested from 1255) it represents O.E. cuhyrde "cow-herd.""Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination." [Ernest Hemingway, "Men at War," 1942] An O.E. word for "cowardly" was earg, which also meant "slothful." 词根记忆： n. 懦夫,胆怯者The cowardly cow vows not to tow vowels.胆怯的母牛发誓不拖元音字母. n. 胆怯者(cow吓唬,吓坏)[-ard表名词,"不好的人"] 词根词缀： coward cowardice n 胆怯(coward胆小鬼+ice) -ice 表名词,”行为,状态” malice n 恶意(mal坏+ice) splice n 衔接(spl分裂+ice=由分裂推成衔接,参考:split分裂) avarice n 贪婪(avar渴望+ice) armistice n 休战(arm武器+i+st停+ice) crevice n 裂缝(crev裂开+ice,参考:crevasse裂隙) novice n 新手(nov新+ice) precipice n 悬崖(pre前面+cip头+ice…前面就是尽头…悬崖) caprice n 任性(capr山羊+ice…像山羊一样乱蹦…任性) cowardice n 胆怯(coward胆小鬼+ice) coward n 胆怯者(cow吓唬,吓坏) -ard 表名词,”不好的人” drunkard n 醉鬼(drank醉的) laggard n 落后者(lag落后) coward n 胆怯者(cow吓唬,吓坏) bastard n 私生子(bast原意”结婚”,后指不结婚而同居) niggard n 吝啬鬼(nigg[=niggle 小气地做事]+ard) sluggard n 懒鬼(slug一种爬得很慢的虫子) |
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