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单词 cringe
释义
cringecringe /krɪndʒ/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcringe
Origin:
1200-1300 Perhaps from Old English cringan ‘to give up’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
cringe
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theycringe
he, she, itcringes
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theycringed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave cringed
he, she, ithas cringed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad cringed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill cringe
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have cringed
Continuous Form
PresentIam cringing
he, she, itis cringing
you, we, theyare cringing
PastI, he, she, itwas cringing
you, we, theywere cringing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been cringing
he, she, ithas been cringing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been cringing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be cringing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been cringing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • His blunt personality leaves even his supporters cringing.
  • People cringed in terror as the shells hit the city around them.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Also, she peppered her lectures with unscientific statements that made doctors cringe.
  • But they cringe at the idea that some one else may benefit at their expense.
  • During it all, nothing has made me cringe more than the sound of an approaching bike.
  • His watch said that it was nine-thirty, and he cringed to think of the time he had lost.
  • My voice was calm, but inside I cringed away from her.
  • The pair cringed in embarrassment as the president, speaking through an interpreter, paid them the world's most unlikely compliment.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 It makes me cringe when I think how stupid I was.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· And the arms cringe when they touch human flesh.· Nine times out of 10, a coach cringes when one of his players mouths off about an opponent.
VERB
· It makes me cringe into the smelly upholstery of his battered armchair.· Sometimes, regrettably, though the idea may make us cringe, that voice may be that of a convicted murderer.· It made me cringe at its over-the-top violence.· Also, she peppered her lectures with unscientific statements that made doctors cringe.· The memory of that morning flooded in, making her cringe inside.· During it all, nothing has made me cringe more than the sound of an approaching bike.· Which make you cringe slightly, or shift about in your seat?
1to move away from someone or something because you are afraid:  A stray dog was cringing by the door. She cringed away from him.2to feel embarrassed by something you have said or done because you think it makes you seem sillywincecringe at She cringed at the sound of her own voice. It makes me cringe when I think how stupid I was.
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