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　

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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
  1. a child cringing in terror
     吓得直退缩的小孩
• 感到尴尬不安；觉得难为情
  to feel very embarrassed and uncomfortable about sth
  1. 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。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. I cringed in horror.
     我吓得往后缩。

英英释义

verb

• draw back, as with fear or pain
  1. she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
  Synonym:flinchsquinchfunkshrinkwincerecoilquail
• show submission or fear
  Synonym:fawncrawlcreepcowergrovel

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• If you see somebody bang their thumb with a hammer, you might cringe.
  如果你看到有人拿锤子打他的拇指，你可能会畏缩。
• 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。