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n. 畏缩, 奉承 vi. 畏缩, 抖缩, 阿谀

发音

US /kɹɪnd͡ʒ/
UK /kɹɪnd͡ʒ/

词形变化

cringes 复数 cringes cringed cringedst cringes 三单 cringeth cringing cringing 现在分词 cringed 过去式 cringed 过去分词 cringest cringedst 过去式 cringeth 三单 cringed 复数 more cringe 比较级 most cringe 最高级

别名

crinch

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).

    可数 不可数

    He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.

  2. 2.

    An act or disposition of servile obeisance.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  3. 3.

    A crick (“painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body”).

    可数 方言 不可数
  4. 4.

    Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.

    贬义 俚语 不可数 可数

    Bro... you just posted cringe

    There was so much cringe in that episode!

v.
  1. 1.

    To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.

    畏缩

    不及物

    He cringed as the bird collided with the window.

  2. 2.

    To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.

    比喻 不及物
  3. 3.

    To bow or crouch in servility.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To act in an obsequious or servile manner.

    比喻 不及物
  5. 5.

    To draw (a body part) close to the body; also, to distort or wrinkle (the face, etc.).

    废旧 及物
  6. 6.

    To bow or crouch to (someone) in servility; to escort (someone) in a cringing manner.

    废旧 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of cringeworthy or uncool, inducing awkwardness or secondhand embarrassment.

    贬义 俚语

    Brands trying to appeal to young people with memes is the most cringe thing ever.

interj.
  1. 1.

    Stated in response to something cringeworthy.

    贬义 俚语

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

shame disgrace gesture ignominy
动词

同义词 10

crawl creep shrink funk quail fawn grovel flinch recoil cower

上位词 3

move bend flex

下位词 2

retract shrink back

相关短语

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词源

The verb is derived from Middle English crengen (“to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”) [and other forms], from Old English *crenċan, *crenċġan, *crenġan (“to cause to fall or turn”), the causative of crinċġan (“to yield; to cringe; to fall; to die, perish”), from Proto-Germanic *krangijaną (“to cause to fall; to cause to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną, *krinkaną (“to fall; to turn; to yield”) (from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”)) + *-janą (suffix forming causatives with the sense ‘to cause to do (the action of the verb)’ from strong verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish krænge (“to turn inside out, evert”), Dutch krengen (“to careen, veer”) and Dutch kring (“circle”), Scots crenge, creenge, creinge, crienge (“to cringe; to shrug”), Swedish kränga (“to careen; to heel, lurch; to toss”), and West Frisian kringe (“to pinch; to poke; to push; to insist, urge”); and is a doublet of crinkle. The noun and adjective are derived from the verb via zero derivation.

来源：wiktionary