Word · Frequency #20779

twinge

/twɪndʒ/

noun

一阵刺痛；一阵剧痛

a sudden short sharp pain in a particular part of the body

1.
A sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time.
身体某一部位突然感到刺痛或剧痛,尤其是短暂的。
2.
a sudden sharp feeling
突然的尖锐感觉
3.
A sudden, sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of guilt or sadness; a pang, a paroxysm, a throe; also, a prick of the conscience.
突然的情感或心理上的剧烈感觉,如内疚或悲伤；痛苦,剧痛；良心的刺痛。
4.
a sharp stab of pain
一阵剧烈的刺痛
5.
A sudden, sharp occurrence of something; a nip.
某事物的突然、剧烈发生；刺痛。

一阵内疚（或悲伤等）；良心的刺痛；突然的一阵；一丝（如寒意）；身体某一部位突然感到刺痛或剧痛,尤其是短暂的。；突然的尖锐感觉；突然的情感或心理上的剧烈感觉,如内疚或悲伤；痛苦,剧痛；良心的刺痛。

In use

I felt a sudden twinge in my knee when I stood up.

我站起来时，突然感到膝盖一阵刺痛。

A twinge of pain shot through her shoulder as she lifted the box.

她抬起箱子时，一阵刺痛窜过她的肩膀。

He ignored the small twinge in his back and kept running.

他忽略了背上轻微的刺痛，继续跑。

twinges of conscience

阵阵良心上的刺痛

a twinge of guilt: 一丝内疚；一阵愧疚; She felt a twinge of guilt for forgetting his birthday.她因为忘记了他的生日而感到一丝内疚。
a twinge of conscience: 良心的刺痛；一阵良心不安; He had a twinge of conscience about lying to his parents.他对父母撒谎后，良心感到一阵不安。
a twinge of pain: 一阵刺痛; A sharp twinge of pain shot through her knee.一阵剧痛刺穿她的膝盖。
a twinge of sadness: 一丝悲伤; Seeing the old photos gave him a twinge of sadness.看到那些老照片，他感到一丝悲伤。
a twinge of regret: 一丝后悔；一阵懊悔; She felt a sudden twinge of regret after quitting her job.辞职后，她突然感到一阵懊悔。

联想：twinge 开头像 twist（扭），一阵刺痛就像被扭了一下的感觉；良心内疚也是心里突然一阵刺痛。记住：twinge=突然的一阵痛。

语域：neutral 常见场景：physical pain、emotional feelings twinge 语气中性，身体刺痛和情感波动两种用法都很常见；口语和书面语均可使用。表示“内疚、悲伤等情感的突然波动”时略带文学色彩，但日常英语中也比较常见。

以上单词均与 twinge (/twɪndʒ/) 押韵，因为它们都有相同的 /-ɪndʒ/ 结尾。注意：twinge 不要与 twine (/twaɪn/) 或 twinkle (/ˈtwɪŋkəl/) 混淆，这些词拼写相似但发音不同，不押韵。

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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