| 单词 | cringe |
| 释义 | cringe (once / 2309 pages) v When you cringe, your body language shows you don't like what you see and hear. You close your eyes and grimace. You may even jerk your body away from the offensive sight or sound, like the old picture of you in an "awkward stage" that makes you cringe whenever you see it. Whether it's a song you hate or someone mentioning an embarrassing moment from the past, you cringe at things that are unpleasant. If you think about the way your body involuntarily flinches or bends in those situations, you won’t be surprised to learn that the word cringe can be traced back to the Old English word cringan, meaning “give way, fall (in battle), become bent.” That’s exactly what your body does when you cringe! WORD FAMILYcringe: cringed, cringes, cringing+/cringing: cringingly USAGE EXAMPLESShe cringed at the ways inmates were the ones treated like children, denied money, keys, silverware. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) “She stepped aside. It was a cringe in motion.” New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) “If I’m up front, I cringe as people walk by.” New York Times(Apr 23, 2016) 1v draw back, as with fear or pain Syn|Hypo|Hyper flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince retract, shrink back pull away from a source of disgust or fear move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2v show submission or fear Syn|Hyper cower, crawl, creep, fawn, grovel bend, flex form a curve |
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