Cringe



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 畏缩; 谄媚, 奉承
• ［英］ v. 畏缩 ( shrink from something dangerous or painful) ; 谄媚 ( to act in a timid, servile manner; fawn)
• ［记］ 注意cringe的两种含义都是GRE中常考的

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb (cringed; cringing)

• Etymology: Middle English crengen; akin to Old English cringan to yield, Middle High German krank weak
• Date: 13th century
• 1. to draw in or contract one's muscles involuntarily (as from cold or pain)
• 2. to shrink in fear or servility
• 3. to behave in an excessively humble or servile way
• 4. to recoil in distaste mericans cringed…at the use of a term now regarded as a slur — William Safire
• Synonyms: see fawn
• ? cringer noun

II. noun

• Date: 1597
• a cringing act; specifically a servile bow

记忆

中间那个ring，拿着ring求婚，有点胆怯，但是要很谄媚自己的女朋友。。。。。说尽好话

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