缩头缩脑 meaning in Chinese
1.(畏缩) recoil in fear; be timid; be fainthearted
2.(怕负责任) shrink from responsibility
Examples
- She kept a - raging right along , running her insurrection all by herself , and everybody else mighty meek and quiet ; and at last uncle silas , looking kind of foolish , fishes up that spoon out of his pocket
她却一直在发作个不停，光她一个人几乎闹翻了天，大伙儿一个个缩头缩脑，不则一声。后来，西拉斯姨父，那样子傻呼呼的，从自己口袋里东摸摸西摸摸，摸出了一把调羹。