中英互译
cringe
英 /krɪndʒ/美 /krɪndʒ/
基本释义
- v.退缩,畏缩;厌恶,反感;感到难堪,觉得难为情
- n.退缩,畏缩;窘迫,羞愧
复数cringes
第三人称单数cringes
现在分词cringing
过去式cringed
过去分词cringed
GRESAT
词语例句
退缩,畏缩vi.
The child cringed in terror.
那个孩子吓得直退缩。
厌恶,反感vi.
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。
感到难堪,觉得难为情vi.
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。
退缩,畏缩cn.
The cultural cringe has lasted for ten years.
文化畏缩已经持续十年了。
- How the word made the leap from "someone who makes you want to cuddle" to "someone who makes you cringe" isn't really known but there are a few enticing clues.这个词是如何从“一个让你想要拥抱的人”变成“一个让你畏缩的人”,我们不得而知,但其中有一些诱人的线索。
- 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。来自《牛津词典》
- I cringe when I think of the risks I took.当我想到我承担的风险时,我也会害怕。
网络短语
- bow and scrape cringe卑躬屈膝;卑恭屈节;大义凛然
- to cringe感到难堪
- cringe e谄媚;畏缩;奉承
- bowscrape cringe卑躬屈膝
- cringe to对
词语扩展
词义分布
畏缩
63.2%
奉承
21.1%
卑躬屈膝
15.8%
英英释义
- v.draw back, as with fear or pain
- v.show submission or fear
词源
- cringe畏缩来自PIE*sker, 弯,转,词源同ring, curve. 词义由弯,转过渡到蜷缩,畏缩。