grimace

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n. 鬼脸, 怪相 vi. 扮鬼脸, 作怪相

发音

UK /ˈɡɹɪm.əs/
UK /ɡɹɪˈmeɪs/
其它 /ɡɹɪˈmeɪs/
US /ˈɡɹɪm.əs/
US /ɡɹɪˈmeɪs/

词形变化

grimaces 复数 grimaces grimaced grimaces 三单 grimacing grimacing 现在分词 grimaced 过去式 grimaced 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

鬼脸；怪相；痛苦的表情

动词

扮鬼脸；作怪相；作苦相

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.

    鬼脸

    怪相

    Her face was twisted in a grimace of disgust.

  2. 2.

    Affectation, pretence.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

    扮鬼脸

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

face

上位词 1

facial expression

下位词 2

pout moue
动词

同义词 2

make a face pull a face

上位词 2

communicate intercommunicate

下位词 10

smile lower mop frown mow pout squint wince screw up glower

词源

From French grimace, from Middle French grimace, from Old French grimace, grimuche, from grime (“mask”) (with the pejorative suffix -ace, from Latin -āceus), from Frankish *grīma, *grīmō (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask, helmet”). Cognate with Old English grīma (“mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition”). More at grime.

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