cringe
cringe 英 [krɪndʒ] 美 [krɪndʒ]
vi. 畏缩；奉承；阿谀 n. 畏缩；奉承
进行时:cringing 过去式:cringed 过去分词:cringed 第三人称单数:cringes 名词复数:cringes
- When you cringe, your body language shows you don't like what you see and hear. You close your eyes and grimace. You may even jerk your body away from the offensive sight or sound, like the old picture of you in an "awkward stage" that makes you cringe whenever you see it.
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- vi. 畏缩；奉承；阿谀
- n. 畏缩；奉承
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1. If the prospect of hooking up when parents are within earshot makes you cringe, then you should probably abstain — or stay at a hotel, where you'll have privacy.
如果父母可能听到动静，这样的估计让你有所畏缩的话那你就很有可能应当放弃这次行动——或者呆在一个你能拥有私密空间的旅馆里。
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2. Yes, you might cringe at them, but that’s ok.
是的，你也许还犹豫，畏畏缩缩，不过不要担心。
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3. How it 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.
这个词是如何进行的从“让你想拥抱的人”到“能让你哭喊的人”的这一跳跃，并不被我们真正了解，但是其中有一些迷人的线索。
- cringe (v.) early 13c., from causative of Old English cringan "give way, fall (in battle), become bent," from Proto-Germanic *krank- "bend, curl up" (source also of Old Norse kringr, Dutch kring, German Kring "circle, ring"). Related: Cringed; cringing. As a noun from 1590s.
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