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
- 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。 - Most people look back at their senior year quotes and cringe, but not these witty young ladies.
多数人会不敢回过头看他们的大学毕业年鉴,除了这群机智诙谐的年轻女生。 - I still cringe when I think about talking everyone's ear off about the Giro d'Italia.
想起自己聊环意自行车赛(Girod'Italia)聊到所有人都耳朵起茧子的时候,我还是会觉得后怕。 - It makes me cringe with embarrassment when I think about it.
我想起它就觉得尴尬。 - 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。 - I involuntarily dozen cringe, walk alone.
我不由自主的打了个哆嗦,独自行走。 - No one wants to have to cringe when they tell people where they work.
在说到自己从事的工作时,没有人愿意畏畏缩缩。 - I cringe when I think about that moment.
每当我回想起当时的表现,都会打冷颤。 - 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。 - 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。