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单词 cringe
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cringe

Word family nouncringelingcringingadverbcringinglyverbcringe
cringe /krɪndʒ/ verb [intransitiveI]  
1 FRIGHTENEDto move away from someone or something because you are afraid 畏缩,退缩
 A stray dog was cringing by the door.
一条流浪狗畏缩在门旁。
 She cringed away from him.
她退缩着躲开他。
2 EMBARRASSEDto feel embarrassed by something you have said or done because you think it makes you seem silly 感到难堪 wince
cringe at
 She cringed at the sound of her own voice.
她听到自己的声音很不好意思。
 It makes me cringe when I think how stupid I was.
我想到自己的愚蠢就感到尴尬。
Examples from the Corpus
Origin cringe
(1200-1300) Perhaps from Old English cringan to give up
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