音标:[krindʒ] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 畏缩, 奉承
vi. 畏缩, 抖缩, 阿谀
v draw back, as with fear or pain
v show submission or fear
词型变化:过去式 : cringed ; 现在分词 : cringing ; 第三人称单数 : cringes ; 过去分词 : cringed ; 名词复数形式 : cringes
考试类型:[GRE]
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cringe的用法和样例:

例句

用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. People often cringe when they hear the word "fat".人们常常听到“脂肪”这个词后会畏缩。
  2. But just the thought of mentioning it to her made him cringe.可是一想到要向她表明这一想法,他就会犹豫、退缩。
  3. 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。
  4. His way of sleeping makes me cringe.他睡觉的方式令我生厌。
  5. 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。
  6. I cringe with embarrassment when I reread those first stories I wrote.我重读了我初期编写的故事

词汇搭配

  • cringeworthy产生尴尬感觉的...

经典引文

  • Performing cringes and congees like a court-chamberlain.

    出自:Thackeray
  • Alternative fits of swagger cringe.

    出自:Thomas Hughes
  • Bridges that made Anne's flesh cringe with..fear.

    出自:L. M. Montgomery
  • The dogs cringed to the ground and whined piteously.

    出自:J. Steinbeck
  • Some of the things I'm supposed to say..make me cringe with embarrassment.

    出自:D. Lodge
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