cringe
英 [krɪndʒ]
美 [krɪndʒ]
v. 畏缩; 怯退; 感到尴尬不安; 觉得难为情
过去式：cringed 现在分词：cringing 第三人称单数：cringes 过去分词：cringed
Collins.1 / BNC.15738 / COCA.10670
牛津词典
verb
- 畏缩；怯退
to move back and/or away from sb because you are afraid- a child cringing in terror
吓得直退缩的小孩
- a child cringing in terror
- 感到尴尬不安；觉得难为情
to feel very embarrassed and uncomfortable about sth- 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。
- I cringe when I think of the poems I wrote then.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 为…觉得难为情;对…感到厌恶；退缩
If youcringe atsomething, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.- Molly had cringed when Ann started picking up the guitar...
安开始弹吉他时，莫莉感到有些难堪。 - Chris had cringed at the thought of using her own family for publicity...
一想到要拿自己的家庭作宣传，克丽丝就感到厌烦。 - I cringed in horror.
我吓得往后缩。
- Molly had cringed when Ann started picking up the guitar...
英英释义
verb
- draw back, as with fear or pain
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- show submission or fear
双语例句
- It's their unintended consequences that make me cringe.
是它们未被料想到的后果令我往后退缩。 - I dread buying a swimsuit, as consecutive horror and humiliation make me cringe in the dressing room.
我害怕买泳装，因为持续的恐惧和羞辱让我在更衣室里畏缩不前。 - His way of sleeping makes me cringe.
他睡觉的方式令我生厌。 - Your heart pulses in a rapid tempo, as you cringe your hands in fear.
你的心快速地跳，而你在恐惧中缩作一团。 - I involuntarily dozen cringe, walk alone.
我不由自主的打了个哆嗦，独自行走。 - Chris had cringed at the thought of using her own family for publicity
一想到要拿自己的家庭作宣传，克丽丝就感到厌烦。 - I cringe with embarrassment when I reread those first stories I wrote.
我重读了我初期编写的故事，感到十分难为情。 - These predictions will make people who work in these fields understandably cringe.
不难理解，这些预言会使在上述领域工作的人畏畏缩缩。 - Some city folk might cringe at the thought of this, but to me it's a part of my life and I wouldn't have it any other way!
想到这些事情，一些城市的人们或许畏缩不前，但对我来说它却是我生命的一部分，我会永远把它珍存心间。 - So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.
因你的大能仇敌要投降你。