释义 |
flinch from (someone or something) flinch from (someone or something)To recoil from someone or something, often in fear. Teddy flinched from the nurse as she approached him with the needle. We all flinched from the barking dog.See also: flinchflinch from someone or somethingto move back suddenly from someone or something; to shrink (back) (from someone or something) suddenly. She struck at him and he flinched from her. At the last minute the center fielder flinched from the ball.See also: flinch |