cringe 音標拼音: [kr'ɪndʒ]
n . 畏縮,奉承
vi . 畏縮,抖縮,阿諛
畏縮,奉承畏縮,抖縮,阿諛
cringe v 1 :
draw back ,
as with fear or pain ; "
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf " [
synonym : {
flinch },
{
squinch }, {
funk }, {
cringe }, {
shrink }, {
wince }, {
recoil },
{
quail }]
2 :
show submission or fear [
synonym : {
fawn }, {
crawl }, {
creep },
{
cringe }, {
cower }, {
grovel }]
Cringe \
Cringe \ (
kr [
i ^]
nj ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Cringed }
(
kr [
i ^]
njd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Cringing }.] [
As .
crincgan ,
cringan ,
crincan ,
to jield ,
fall ;
akin to E .
crank .]
To draw one '
s self together as in fear or servility ;
to bend or crouch with base humility ;
to wince ;
hence ,
to make court in a degrading manner ;
to fawn .
[
1913 Webster ]
When they were come up to the place where the lions were ,
the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind ,
for they were afraid of the lions . --
Bunyan .
[
1913 Webster ]
Sly hypocrite , . . .
who more than thou Once fawned and cringed ,
and servilely adored Heaven '
s awful monarch ? --
Milton .
[
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Flatterers . . .
are always bowing and cringing .
--
Arbuthnot .
[
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Cringe \
Cringe \,
v .
t .
To contract ;
to draw together ;
to cause to shrink or wrinkle ;
to distort . [
Obs .]
[
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Till like a boy you see him cringe his face ,
And whine aloud for mercy . --
Shak .
[
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Cringe \
Cringe \,
n .
Servile civility ;
fawning ;
a shrinking or bowing ,
as in fear or servility . "
With cringe and shrug ,
and bow obsequious ."
--
Cowper .
[
1913 Webster ]
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cringe ":
apple -
polish ,
avoid ,
bend ,
bend the knee ,
bend the neck ,
bend to ,
blench ,
blink ,
bootlick ,
bow ,
bow and scrape ,
bow down ,
bow to ,
brown -
nose ,
cower ,
crawl ,
creep ,
cringe to ,
croodle ,
crouch ,
crouch before ,
curtsy ,
defer ,
do homage ,
do obeisance ,
dodge ,
draw back ,
draw in ,
duck ,
eat dirt ,
evade ,
fade ,
fall back ,
fawn ,
flatter ,
flinch ,
funk ,
genuflect ,
get down ,
grovel ,
hang back ,
hunch ,
hunch down ,
jib ,
kneel ,
kneel to ,
knuckle to ,
kowtow ,
lick the dust ,
lickspittle ,
pull back ,
pull in ,
pull out ,
quail ,
quiver ,
recoil ,
reel back ,
retract ,
retreat ,
scrouch down ,
sheer off ,
shrink ,
shrink back ,
shy ,
sidestep ,
skulk ,
slaver ,
slink ,
sneak ,
squat ,
start aside ,
start back ,
stoop ,
swerve ,
toadeat ,
toady ,
tremble ,
truckle ,
truckle to ,
turn aside ,
wallow ,
weasel ,
weasel out ,
welter ,
wince ,
withdraw
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