Timorous

(a.) Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.

(a.) Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts.

整理:温弗雷德

• A solemn silence; Mr. Pickwick humorous, the old lady serious, the fat gentleman captious, and Mr. Miller timorous. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Except that I remember them both to have been--like myself--timorous of highwaymen, and the prisoner has not a timorous air. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Widows, gentlemen, are not usually timorous, as my uncle used to say. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Even ignorant infancy appeared with timorous shrieks and convulsions to acknowledge the presence of unseen powers. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I know few things more affecting than that timorous debasement and self-humiliation of a woman. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I looked with timorous joy towards a stately house: I saw a blackened ruin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

整理:莉莲