Wince
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v.避开, 畏缩
- ［英］ v.避开, 畏缩 ( to shrink back; flinch)
- ［类］ wince : pain / smile : pleasure / pout : displeasure / sneer : contempt ( 因疼痛而退缩 / 因高兴而微笑 / 因不高兴而绷脸 / 因轻视而讥笑)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
intransitive verb (winced; wincing)
- Etymology: Middle English wynsen to kick out, start, from Anglo-French *wincer, *guincer to shift direction, dodge, by-form of guenchir, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wenken, wankōn to totter — more at wench
- Date: circa 1748
- to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) ; flinch
- Synonyms: see recoil
- ? wince noun
