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
- 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。 - 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 will cringe that you're opening the firewall, but what they don't understand is that it is completely encrypted.
大多数人都担心您打开了防火墙,但他们不明白这是完全加密的。 - 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。 - Then, a nurse came by, only to cringe and shun my helplessness.
然后,一位护士经过了,可是她却仅仅事经过,没有发现我的无助。 - 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? - So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.
因你的大能仇敌要投降你。 - 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。 - 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 involuntarily dozen cringe, walk alone.
我不由自主的打了个哆嗦,独自行走。