- a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things懦夫, 胆小鬼。
1
- poetic/literary excessively afraid of danger or pain〈诗/文〉胆小的, 胆怯的, 怯懦的。
2
- Heraldry (of an animal) depicted with the tail between the hind legs【纹章】（动物形象）夹着尾巴的。
词源
Middle English: from Old French couard, based on Latin cauda 'tail', possibly with reference to a frightened animal with its tail between its legs, reflected in sense 2 （early 16th cent.）.