商务英语：今日热词——蜷缩

蜷缩

(intransitive verb) To crouch in fear.

EXAMPLE: The terrified guest cowered in the corner when the sudden earthquake destroyed one wall of his hotel room.

突如其来的地震毁坏了宾馆客房的一面墙，房客吓得蜷缩在屋角。