wince

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美 [wɪns] word us audio image

  • vi.
    赶紧避开
    畏缩,退避
  • n.
    (由于疼痛,吃惊等)畏缩,退缩
    [印](洗染布时用的)绞车,六角绞盘

单词词源

wince 皱眉蹙额

来自PIE*weng,弯,转,来自PIE*wei的扩大形式,词源同wind,wink。用于指皱眉蹙额。

双语例句

1. That statistic must surely make them wince .
这样的统计数据必定会让他们退缩。
2. A sound that made her wince .
一种使她畏缩的声音。
3. Last year 's indulgence , a new 25-inch television , still makes him wince .
去年的挥霍,一台25英寸的电视机依然让他很畏缩。
4. We all wince at the thought of how xerox utterly failed to innovate on parc 's inventions , allowing apple and microsoft to run away with most of them .
我们都退避在想到施乐如何完全的失败再帕洛阿尔托研究中心的发明,允许苹果和微软从他们这儿逃走。
5. Greetings involving kissing caused me to wince , and hugging generally just made me feel awkward .
寒暄时的亲吻让我畏缩,而拥抱则会使我陷入尴尬。

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