cringe是什么意思

双语例句

(1)The dog cringed at the sight of the passing car on the road.

那条狗一看到路上过往的汽车就退缩了。

(2)I cringe when people looke at the pictures of my childhood.

别人看我小时候的照片让我觉得很难为情。

(3)His cringe makes me disgusted.

他的卑躬屈膝让我觉得恶心。

(4)I cringed at the sight of my dad dancing.

看到爸爸跳舞我觉得很难为情

(5)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。

(6)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。

(7)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。

(8)So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.

因你的大能仇敌要投降你。

(9)School teachers probably cringe at this kind of pronunciation.

学校的老师们对这样的发音恐怕是不敢恭维。

同义词

vi. 畏缩；奉承；阿谀

n. 畏缩；奉承

同根词

词根 cringe

(1)cringing adj. 谄媚（的）n. 奉承（的）

释义

v.

bend one's head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile or obsequious manner

（因害怕、恐惧或卑微地）蜷缩；卑躬屈膝

he cringed away from the blow

他害怕挨打而缩成一团

[as adj. cringing]we are surrounded by cringing yes-men and sycophants.

我们被卑躬屈膝、唯唯诺诺的谄媚者包围着。

experience an inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust

（因尴尬或厌恶）战战兢兢，畏缩

I cringed at the fellow's stupidity.

我厌恶这个家伙的愚蠢。

n.

an act of cringing in fear or apprehension

（因害怕或恐惧）卑躬屈膝；蜷缩。

a feeling of embarrassment or disgust

尴尬的感觉；厌恶感。

词源

"Middle English crenge, crenche, related to Old English cringan, crincan ‘bend, yield, fall in battle', of Germanic origin and related to Dutch krengen ‘heel over' and German krank ‘sick', also to CRANK1."