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
- These predictions will make people who work in these fields understandably cringe.
不难理解，这些预言会使在上述领域工作的人畏畏缩缩。 - 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？ - 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。 - Many American adults cringe when they remember the unfortunate dresses and awkward dates from their own proms.
很多美国的成年人想起当年自己参加毕业舞会时那些不合适宜的服装以及跟异性尴尬的约会时，他们往往有些后怕。 - 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。 - 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。 - I cringed in horror.
我吓得往后缩。 - 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。 - I cringe when I think about that moment.
每当我回想起当时的表现，都会打冷颤。 - His way of sleeping makes me cringe.
他睡觉的方式令我生厌。