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 was miserable because I had to play volleyball, and the one time I didn't cringe out of the way of the ball, I hit my teammate in the head with it.
这是悲惨的一天,因为我不得不开始打排球,而且有一次我没能从球的来路中躲开,而把它打到了我队友的头上。 - 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。 - There are examples of this cultural cringe in every recent superhero film.
在最近的几部超级英雄电影中每一部都有这种文化畏缩现象。 - I involuntarily dozen cringe, walk alone.
我不由自主的打了个哆嗦,独自行走。 - Do they excite you? Or is just looking at them making you cringe?
这些事情是否让你感到兴奋? - I cringe when I think about that moment.
每当我回想起当时的表现,都会打冷颤。 - 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。 - Did you cringe watching some of your tanturms?
你自己看那些发怒的场景的时候畏缩过吗? - I used to cringe with embarrassment whenever my name was read out.
过去每当有人报到我的名字时我就深感局促不安。 - Everytime I see something on China, it makes me cringe now.
现在每次我在中国看到的事情,都让我怕的发抖。