词汇 | wince |
释义 | wince verb[ I ] uk /wɪns/ us /wɪns/ to show pain or embarrassment suddenly and for a short time in the face, often moving the head back at the same time: (因疼痛而)脸部肌肉抽搐,皱眉蹙额 Did I hurt you? I thought I saw you wince.我弄疼你了吗?——好像看到你皱了一下眉。 It makes me wince even thinking about eye operations.一想到眼部手术,我就不由得眉头一皱。 Compare quailverbliterary flinch The mere memory of the injury made him wince. He winced in the headlights' glare. I didn't want to wince every time I saw a picture of myself. Pain & painful -racked aches and pains achy agonizing analgesia be murder on somethingidiom birth pangs brain freeze grief neuralgia pain reliever painlessly pang prick rawness shooting pains sore sting stitch throb You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Grimacing and frowning wince noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /wɪns/ us /wɪns/ the act of showing pain or embarrassment suddenly and for a short time in the face, often moving the head back at the same time: She gave a wince as the nurse put the needle in. It's impossible not to feel a wince of empathy for someone who gets a kick in the face. When his girlfriend started to vomit, he tried to hide a wince. I'm getting better at ignoring the winces from the old people as my kids play. Paul sustained near-crippling injuries with barely a wince. Pain & painful -racked aches and pains achy agonizing analgesia be murder on somethingidiom birth pangs brain freeze grief neuralgia pain reliever painlessly pang prick rawness shooting pains sore sting stitch throb You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Grimacing and frowning wince | American Dictionarywince verb[ I ] us/wɪns/ to tighten the muscles of the face briefly and suddenly in a show of pain, worry, or embarrassment: She cut her finger, but didn’t even wince. wincenoun[ Cusually sing ]us/wɪns/ He sat down with a wince, rubbing his injured left knee. Examples of wincewince He is portrayed as more light-hearted in earlier seasons, though still wincing from three failed marriages. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He winces as the doctor unwraps his foot, revealing that the dog is still biting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They may wince at this but it is not a very large cut and it would be a tremendous example to the nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I began to wince when he referred to the 1960s, "when we were students". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They want to call it the community charge, and when we say "poll tax", they wince and say "community charge" back at us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to include under that heading many subjects which would have made the educational formalist of the 19th century wince. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the older generation, who sigh and suffer even over minor improprieties and wince at the utterance of words whose coarseness has burned out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People might wince when they have to pay a large amount, but they do not rebel until they come across injustice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Potential inward investors must wince at such statements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people in my constituency will wince and say, " don't earn £20,000—that's an astronomic sum," but that is the average wage according to the statistics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I sometimes wince when my colleagues in local government continually ask for more money from central government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We did not wince under them at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He held that view in 1977, and, although he may wince at the recollection, we can at least congratulate him on changing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wince every time they occur. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not wince before the lash falls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of wince These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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