好词典
cowed
UK //kaʊd//US //kaʊd//
词源
源自中古英语 'couen'，与古挪威语 'kúga'（压迫）有关，最初指用暴力或威胁使人屈服。
adjective
❶ 形容因受到威胁或恐吓而变得害怕、顺从的状态，通常表现为不敢反抗或表达自己的意见。
“The workers were cowed into accepting the unfair terms.”
（工人们被吓得接受了不公平的条件。）
“She stood her ground, refusing to be cowed by their threats.”
（她坚持立场，拒绝被他们的威胁吓倒。）
同义词:intimidated, frightened, daunted, subdued
常见短语
be cowed into silence — 因害怕或受到威胁而不敢说话或表达意见。
“The witnesses were cowed into silence by the gang's threats.”
（目击者因黑帮的威胁而不敢作声。）