cringe

英 [krɪndʒ] 美 [krɪndʒ]

• vi. 畏缩；觉得尴尬不安或难为情；阿谀，奉承
• n. 畏缩；阿谀，奉承

英英释义

Verb:

1. draw back, as with fear or pain;

   "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
   

2. show submission or fear

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. People often cringe when they hear the word "fat".
   人们常常听到“脂肪”这个词后会畏缩。
2. But just the thought of mentioning it to her made him cringe.
   可是一想到要向她表明这一想法，他就会犹豫、退缩。
3. It may be difficult to believe, but some people actually cringe when an opportunity presents itself.
   令人难以置信的是，有些人竟在机遇来临时畏缩。
4. His way of sleeping makes me cringe.
   他睡觉的方式令我生厌。
5. I cringe when I think of the poems I wrote then.
   每当我想起我那时写的诗歌就感到很难堪。
6. I cringe with embarrassment when I reread those first stories I wrote.
   我重读了我初期编写的故事

经典引文

• Performing cringes and congees like a court-chamberlain.

  出自： Thackeray

• Alternative fits of swagger cringe.

  出自： Thomas Hughes

• Bridges that made Anne's flesh cringe with..fear.

  出自： L. M. Montgomery

• The dogs cringed to the ground and whined piteously.

  出自： J. Steinbeck

• Some of the things I'm supposed to say..make me cringe with embarrassment.

  出自： D. Lodge

词汇搭配

• cringeworthy 产生尴尬感觉的...

近反义词

【近义词】

• cower 畏缩
• wince 畏缩
• flinch 畏缩
• shrink 收缩
• recoil 退却
• squirm (因不舒适、羞愧或紧张而...
• blush 脸红
• jump 跳跃
• start 开始
• crouch 蹲下
• squat 蹲下
• creep 蹑手蹑脚地走...
• funk 恐惧
• crawl 爬行
• quail 鹌鹑
• squinch 挤压
• grovel 趴
• fawn 未满周岁的小鹿...