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

• Many of these people drove me crazy, but they also made me laugh and cringe, because I could see myself in some of them.
  书中的很多人曾令我发疯，但他们也让我发笑和感到害怕，因为我在他们身上看到我的影子。
• 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。
• I dread buying a swimsuit, as consecutive horror and humiliation make me cringe in the dressing room.
  我害怕买泳装，因为持续的恐惧和羞辱让我在更衣室里畏缩不前。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 involuntarily dozen cringe, walk alone.
  我不由自主的打了个哆嗦，独自行走。
• 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。