timorous

词根词缀:

词根
tim= to fear 害怕

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。