The headman of the gypsies, cowed and nervous, was apparently trying to offer explanations.是什么意思？

The headman of the gypsies, cowed and nervous, was apparently trying to offer explanations.

领头的吉普赛人显然被吓坏了, 正在紧张地试图解释.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

headman

n. 酋长，头领；

例句
He is the headman of school basket ball team.
他是学校篮球队的队长.

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

gypsies

n. 吉普赛人( gypsy的名词复数 )，吉普赛人的生活方式[状况]；

例句
They had to evict some gypsies today and I had to go and fence the area off.
他们今天必须驱逐一些吉普赛人，我得去把那个区域圈起来。

cowed

vt. 恐吓（cow的过去式与过去分词形式）；

例句
The government, far from being cowed by these threats, has vowed to continue its policy.
该政府丝毫没有被这些威胁吓住，发誓要继续执行其政策。

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

例句
I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing...
我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

nervous

adj. 焦虑的，紧张不安的，神经质的；

例句
He's taking a dangerous drug: it acts very fast on the central nervous system...
他正在服用一种危险的药物：这种药物能很快影响到中枢神经系统。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

apparently

adv. 据说，似乎，看来，显然；

例句
He was apparently quite converted from his anarchist views.
显然他基本上完全放弃无政府主义的观点了。

trying

adj. 令人难于忍受的，难堪的，令人厌烦的；v. 试图( try的现在分词)，试验，尝试，审讯；

例句
Caroline was trying on one outfit after another.
卡罗琳一套接一套地试穿衣服。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

offer

vt. 提供，给予，提出，提议，出价，开价，表示愿意；vi. 提议，企图，想要，供奉；n. 提议，出价，开价，试图，求婚；

例句
Eventually Sam persuaded her to accept an offer of marriage...
最终萨姆说服她接受了求婚。

explanations

n. 解释，说明( explanation的名词复数 )，能说明某事缘由的言语、事实、情况等；

例句
You can reduce long explanations to simple charts or diagrams.
你可以把冗长的解释简化成一目了然的图表。