no obj.
- give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of pain or distress（因疼痛或悲痛而不由自主地）脸部扭曲; 退缩, 畏缩：
he winced at the disgust in her voice.
她声音中流露出的厌恶让他畏缩起来。
in sing.
- a slight grimace or shrinking movement caused by pain or distress（因疼痛或悲痛引起的）脸部扭曲; 退缩, 畏缩
派生词
wincer
nounwincingly
adverb词源
Middle English （originally in the sense 'kick restlessly from pain or impatience'）： from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French guenchir 'turn aside'.