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汉语拼音：suō tóu

1.畏缩而不敢出头。

2.以竹之根节部分为端所作之笞，旧时用为刑具。

1. 畏缩而不敢出头。

   鲁迅 《且介亭杂文二集·徐懋庸作＜打杂集＞序》：“第一是使 中国 的著作界热闹，活泼；第二是使不是东西之流缩头；第三是使所谓‘为艺术而艺术’的作品，在相形之下，立刻显出不死不活相。”

2. 以竹之根节部分为端所作之苔，旧时用为刑具。

   清 黄六鸿 《福惠全书·刑名·用刑》：“于是板用短厚，打用缩头聚击一处，血瘀成疔，批割不愈。”

• He said he could beat any man there single-handed, but he drew his horns when Jack came forward.

  他扬言能单独击败在场的任何人，但当杰克走过来时他便缩头了。

• The enemy was holed up in a few isolated strong-holds.

  敌人像缩头乌龟一样藏在几个孤立的据点里。

• But just as you don't want to be a shrinking violet who is fearful of sharing thoughts, you don't want to be labeled as disruptive either.

  你不会希望成为一个害怕分享想法的缩头乌龟；同样你也不会希望被认为破坏者。

• It's to late for you to chicken out.

  事到如今，你想做缩头乌龟已太迟。

• Although, leaders in both parties do agrees in substance but while doing it, they step back for political reasons.

  尽管两党领导人真的同意这以去做，但是事到临头，他们又因为政治原因而当缩头乌龟。

• After his comments provoked a furor, O'Brien backtracked, saying he was only concerned about credible elections.

  在他的这些言辞激起民愤之后，奥布莱恩做起了缩头乌龟，说自己不过是关注选举的可信度而已。

• Can't keep a secret. Mary told everyone that I kissed her. It was a secret. She has a big mouth!

  玛丽告诉缩头的人我吻了她。这是个秘密，她没有保守这个秘密。

• to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away.

  突然缩头或移动身体。

• Or it can be unplanned, after a further period of denial in which the problem worsens.

  或者，我们也可再当一段时间的缩头乌龟、任凭问题恶化，不作任何准备。