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cower
['kauə]брит. / амер.
гл.; = cower away, cower back, cower down
сжиматься, съёживаться
Примеры из текстов
Peeps cower when confronted with their old obsessions, despise their loved ones, and flee from any signifier of home.
Инферны съеживаются, столкнувшись со своими прежними привязанностями, презирают тех, кого любили, и убегают прочь от всего, что связано с их домом.
Westerfeld, Scott / PeepsВестерфельд, Скотт / Армия ночи
Before that blind face and that even more terrifying voice, I cowered as silently as I had when he first found me; but it was worse now, because I was older and could almost conceive of what he meant.
Я молча сжалась перед этим слепым лицом и еще более жутким голосом, как тогда, когда он впервые подобрал меня; но теперь было хуже, потому что я стала старше и почти понимала, что он имеет в виду.
Beagle, Peter / The Innkeeper's SongБигл, Питер / Песня трактирщика
And now at last, after thirty long years, those shadows had slunk away to that dank, evil-smelling hovel; now they were cowering there, with a dead man, and a dying woman. Soon they would have gone, gone for ever, never to come back.
И вот теперь наконец, после долгих тридцати лет, эта тень улетела в сырую и неуютную хижину, где пахнет злом. Сейчас она обитает там вместе с мертвым мужчиной и умирающей женщиной, а вскоре все трое совсем исчезнут, чтобы никогда более не вернуться».
Gulik, Robert van / The Red PavilionГулик, Роберт ван / Красная беседка
They halted, cowering on the evil-smelling ground; but they saw nothing in the gloomy evening sky above, and soon the menace passed, high overhead, going maybe on some swift errand from Barad-dur.
Они вжались в сухую зловонную землю, но сумеречные небеса не омрачились: видно, зловещий посланец Барад-Дура промчался стороной.
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel / The Two TowersТолкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл / Две Крепости
The girls came at once, and we ascended the stairs, though the question as to which of us should first enter the store-room gave us some little trouble. Then we cowered down and waited.
Девочки выбежали, и мы отправились на верх. Не без спору решив, кому первому войти в темный чулан, мы уселись и стали ждать.
The woman cowered away when the jewel thief pointed a gun at her. — Женщина сжалась и попятилась назад, когда грабитель наставил на неё пистолет.
The dog cowered down when the man threatened him with a whip. — Собака поджала хвост и прижалась к земле, когда мужчина пригрозил ей хлыстом.
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Формы слова
cower
verb
Basic forms
Past
cowered
Imperative
cower
Present Participle (Participle I)
cowering
Past Participle (Participle II)
cowered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I cower
we cower
you cower
you cower
he/she/it cowers
they cower
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am cowering
we are cowering
you are cowering
you are cowering
he/she/it is cowering
they are cowering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have cowered
we have cowered
you have cowered
you have cowered
he/she/it has cowered
they have cowered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been cowering
we have been cowering
you have been cowering
you have been cowering
he/she/it has been cowering
they have been cowering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I cowered
we cowered
you cowered
you cowered
he/she/it cowered
they cowered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was cowering
we were cowering
you were cowering
you were cowering
he/she/it was cowering
they were cowering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had cowered
we had cowered
you had cowered
you had cowered
he/she/it had cowered
they had cowered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been cowering
we had been cowering
you had been cowering
you had been cowering
he/she/it had been cowering
they had been cowering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will cower
we shall/will cower
you will cower
you will cower
he/she/it will cower
they will cower
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be cowering
we shall/will be cowering
you will be cowering
you will be cowering
he/she/it will be cowering
they will be cowering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have cowered
we shall/will have cowered
you will have cowered
you will have cowered
he/she/it will have cowered
they will have cowered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been cowering
we shall/will have been cowering
you will have been cowering
you will have been cowering
he/she/it will have been cowering
they will have been cowering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would cower
we should/would cower
you would cower
you would cower
he/she/it would cower
they would cower
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be cowering
we should/would be cowering
you would be cowering
you would be cowering
he/she/it would be cowering
they would be cowering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have cowered
we should/would have cowered
you would have cowered
you would have cowered
he/she/it would have cowered
they would have cowered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice