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词汇 wincing
释义 wincing
present participle ofwince
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。
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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.
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Grimacing and frowning

Examples of wincing


wincing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Does his "wincing" at the pain of her memory mark his own feelings of shame at her ruin?
I saw one or two wincing at the notion that they were maintaining a system of such horrible inequity.
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She seems to be wincing.
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I say the country would have allowed you without wincing to stretch a good many points in order that this desire for dramatic effect should not be disappointed.
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He slides down wincing as hundreds of thorns break off and lands on a skeleton of a bull.
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This is a euphemism for wincing, so it went in the bin.
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He is portrayed as more light-hearted in earlier seasons, though still wincing from three failed marriages.
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Fred, wincing at the cost, buys them.
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