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

• 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。
• As courtship gets redefined, one byproduct is a fashion trend that would make most high-end designers cringe.
  随着示爱的行为得以重新界定，一个派生的影响便是形成了一股时尚趋势，而多数高端设计师将不得不迎合这样的趋势。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• It makes me cringe with embarrassment when I think about it.
  我想起它就觉得尴尬。
• It may be difficult to believe, but some people actually cringe when an opportunity presents itself.
  令人难以置信的是，有些人竟在机遇来临时畏缩。
• 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。
• 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。