Word · Frequency #15738
cringing
感到尴尬；难堪；内心反感
cringing is the present participle of cringe.
To feel a sharp feeling of embarrassment or disgust, often because of someone else's awkward behavior.
常指‘替人尴尬’
- 1.
To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
因厌恶、尴尬或恐惧而畏缩、退缩、后退、收缩或紧张。
- 2.
To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
内心感到厌恶、尴尬或恐惧；(引申)感到非常尴尬。
- 3.
To bow or crouch in servility.
卑躬屈膝；弯腰或蹲下以示顺从。
- 4.
To act in an obsequious or servile manner.
以谄媚或卑屈的方式行事。
畏缩；退缩；缩成一团；卑躬屈膝；谄媚；奉承；因厌恶、尴尬或恐惧而畏缩、退缩、后退、收缩或紧张。；内心感到厌恶、尴尬或恐惧；(引申)感到非常尴尬。；卑躬屈膝；弯腰或蹲下以示顺从。
In use
The child cringed when the doctor approached with a needle.
She cringed inwardly at her own awkward joke.
He cringes before his boss, never voicing his own opinion.
Verb forms
base cringe · third person cringes · -ing cringing · past cringed · past participle cringed
畏缩；奉承
Connections
Collocations
- cringe at
- 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。
- cringe with embarrassment
- 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。
- make someone cringe
- 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。
- cringe in fear
- 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。
- cringe inwardly
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
通常不接宾语，后常接at或before表示对象
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 cringe 押韵：hinge、singe、fringe、twinge、impinge、infringe，重读部分都以 /ɪndʒ/ 结尾。注意 ring /rɪŋ/ 和 flinch /flɪntʃ/ 拼写或意思相近，但发音不同，不与 cringe 押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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