timorous
词根词缀：
intimidate v. 恐吓
in 使… + timid 害怕 + ate 使… → 使害怕 → 恐吓
intimidation n. 恐吓
in 使… + timid 害怕 + ation，intimidate 的名词 → 恐吓
timid adj. 胆怯的
tim 害怕 + id …的 → 胆怯的
timidity n. 胆怯
timid 害怕 + ity 具备某种性质，状况 → 胆怯
timorous adj. 胆小的
tim 害怕 + or 嘴；说 + ous …的 → 胆小的
数据来源：新东方英语词汇速记大全
相关例句：
"Men are even lazier than they are timorous, and what they fear most is the troubles with which any unconditional honesty and nudity would burden them."& Friedrich Nietzsche.
人类，既胆怯又懒惰，他们最害怕的就是无条件的诚实和裸露会为他们带来的麻烦和负担。
Root of wash'd sweet-flag! Timorous pond-snipe! Nest of guarded.
你将是雨水冲洗过的甜菖蒲草根！胆怯的池鹬！看守着双。
The Quai Branly museum may be just six years old, but it is in its way old-fashioned, a throwback to a less timorous time when museums were proud to display human scalps and heads shrunken by Amazon tribes ( pictured).
凯布朗利博物馆可能只有六年的历史，但它的展览方式却有些复古怀旧，回到了过去那种较为大胆的时期：以展出人类的头皮和亚马逊部落的皱缩头颅（如图）为荣。
Yet the image of timorous investors resisting risk is not quite right.
但风险厌恶投资者胆怯的形象似乎是不太恰当的。
Timorous little mouse; in a timorous tone; cast fearful glances at the large dog.
胆小的小老鼠；用一种胆怯的声音；胆怯的注视着那只大狗。
He is a reclusive, timorous creature.
他是个离群索居、胆小羞怯的家伙。