cringes; cringed; cringing
cringes; cringed; cringing
Learner's definition of CRINGE
[no object]
1
: to feel disgust or embarrassment and often to show this feeling by a movement of your face or body厭惡;反感 -
Many English teachers cringe when their students use the word “ain't.”許多英語教師很反感他們的學生使用ain't這個詞。
-
I always cringe when I hear that song.聽到那首歌總會讓我感到難以忍受。
-
Just the thought of eating broccoli makes me cringe.單是想到吃西藍花就會讓我反感。
2
: to make a sudden movement from fear of being hit or hurt退縮;蜷縮