cringe at
collocation对…感到畏缩；因…而退缩
She cringed at the sight of blood.
她一看到血就吓得后退。
感到尴尬；难堪；内心反感
cringes — third person singular of cringe
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感到尴尬；难堪；内心反感
To feel a sharp feeling of embarrassment or disgust, often because of someone else's awkward behavior.
The child cringed when the doctor approached with a needle.
当医生拿着针走近时，孩子畏缩了。
常指‘替人尴尬’
因厌恶、尴尬或恐惧而畏缩、退缩、后退、收缩或紧张。
To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
内心感到厌恶、尴尬或恐惧；(引申)感到非常尴尬。
To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
卑躬屈膝；弯腰或蹲下以示顺从。
To bow or crouch in servility.
以谄媚或卑屈的方式行事。
To act in an obsequious or servile manner.
cringe
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原形
cringes
3rd person
第三人称单数
cringing
-ing
现在分词
cringed
Past
过去式
cringed
Past participle
过去分词
He cringes every time he sees a spider.
每次看到蜘蛛他都畏缩。
She cringed at the thought of speaking in public.
她一想到在公开场合发言就畏缩。
Why are you cringing? It's just a little bug.
你为什么在退缩？只是一个小虫子。
畏缩；奉承
She cringed inwardly at her own awkward joke.
她对自己开的尴尬笑话暗自感到难为情。
He cringes before his boss, never voicing his own opinion.
他在老板面前卑躬屈膝，从不表达自己的意见。
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对…感到畏缩；因…而退缩
She cringed at the sight of blood.
她一看到血就吓得后退。
尴尬得手足无措；因难堪而退缩
He cringed with embarrassment when he forgot his lines.
他忘了台词，尴尬得无地自容。
让某人感到难堪；使某人极其尴尬
That old video of my dancing makes me cringe.
看到自己那段跳舞的旧视频，我尴尬极了。
吓得全身瑟缩；因恐惧而蜷缩
The puppy cringed in fear when the firework went off.
烟花一响，小狗吓得缩成一团。
内心十分尴尬；暗自感到难堪
I cringed inwardly at her rude comment.
听了她粗鲁的评论，我内心深感难堪。
让某人感到尴尬（或难堪）
His bad jokes always make me cringe.
他那些蹩脚的笑话总是让我觉得很尴尬。
一想到……就感到尴尬或害怕
I cringe at the thought of my high school photos.
我一想到高中时的照片就感到难为情。
回忆起……就感到难堪
She still cringes at the memory of falling down the stairs.
她回忆起从楼梯上摔下来的事仍然感到难堪。
我真的尴尬得不行。
I cringed at the videos I posted five years ago.
我为自己五年前发的视频感到尴尬。
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想象当众出丑时，全身猛地一缩、直起鸡皮疙瘩——‘cringe’就是这种尴尬畏缩感。
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday conversation about embarrassing things、describing a physical flinch from fear or disgust、formal or literary descriptions of submissive behavior cringe 的语体随义项有所不同：表示“内心尴尬”多用于日常口语；表示“身体畏缩”较中性，常见于叙述或描写；表示“卑躬屈膝”通常偏正式或书面。实际使用时可根据搭配和场合灵活选择。
通常不接宾语，后常接at或before表示对象
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