cringe
verb/krɪndʒ/
/krɪndʒ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cringe | /krɪndʒ/ /krɪndʒ/ |
| he / she / it cringes | /ˈkrɪndʒɪz/ /ˈkrɪndʒɪz/ |
| past simple cringed | /krɪndʒd/ /krɪndʒd/ |
| past participle cringed | /krɪndʒd/ /krɪndʒd/ |
| -ing form cringing | /ˈkrɪndʒɪŋ/ /ˈkrɪndʒɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to move back and/or away from somebody because you are afraid
畏缩；怯退 - a child cringing in terror
吓得直退缩的小孩
- a child cringing in terror
- [intransitive] to feel very embarrassed and uncomfortable about something
感到尴尬不安；觉得难为情 - 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。 - She felt herself cringe with embarrassment at the memory.
一想起这件事，她就感到尴尬得浑身发抖。 - The very idea made him cringe inside.
这个念头使他心里直发毛。
- I cringe when I think of the poems I wrote then.
Word OriginMiddle 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 the verb crank.