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cowing present participle ofcow cow verb[ Tusually passive ] uk /kaʊ/ us /kaʊ/ to frighten someone into doing something, using threats or violence: (以威胁或暴力)使害怕,吓唬,恐吓 The protesters refused to be cowed into submission by the army.抗议者拒绝向军队低头。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Frightening and scaring chill chill someone to the bone/marrowidiom cow cow someone into something/doing something creep curdle daylight flesh ghoulishly heart-stopping heebie-jeebies jump scare make someone's blood curdleidiom scare scare someone into doing something scare someone shitlessidiom scaremongering send send chills down/up someone's spineidiom shiver |