Flinch
['flɪn(t)ʃ] or [flɪntʃ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) draw back, as with fear or pain; 'she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf'.
手打:梅尔瓦--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat.
(v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
(n.) The act of flinching.
克莱儿整理
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Shrink, withdraw, retreat, swerve, wince, draw back, hold back.
多拉編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Blench, swerve, wince, recoil
ANT:Dare, face, bear, meet, endure
校對:玛拉
解釋/意思:
v.i. to shrink back: to fail.—ns. Flinch′er; Flinch′ing the act of flinching or shrinking.—adv. Flinch′ingly.
錄入:特丽萨
例句/造句/用法:
- They were trying to intimidate him--to make him flinch; each was urging the other on to some immediate act of personal violence. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I shall not flinch, you may depend upon it, Mr. Lydgate, said Mr. Bulstrode. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I won't flinch. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- She was one of those people who can bear a great deal of pleasure, and she never flinched in her perseverance in the cause. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The dogs looked lazily up, flinched a little when the impatient feet of the sheep touched their raw backs--sighed, and lay peacefully down again. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The entire garrison marched and counter-marched within the rampart, in full view--yet notwithstanding even this, we never flinched. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I looked attentively to see if she flinched at the sudden mention of that name. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- There was no flinching about the girl. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Like a Red Indian undergoing torture, Gerald would experience the whole process of slow death without wincing or flinching. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- She walked to the window, flinching under his angry stare, looked out for a moment, and turned round quite coldly. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- That is the real truth, replied Crispin, without flinching. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
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