wince

美[wɪns] 英[wɪns]

n. 畏缩；（因痛苦或苦恼等)面部肌肉抽搐

v. 畏缩；战栗；退避

名词：wincer 过去式：winced 过去分词：winced 现在分词：wincing 第三人称单数：winces

近义词：recoil，flinch，shrink，grimace，scowl，gasp，jump，start，blench，shy，cringe，cower，blink，writhe，back，draw，drawback，funk，quail，squinch，

Noun

Verb

draw back, as with fear or pain;
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
make a face indicating disgust or dislike;
"She winced when she heard his pompous speech"

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用作动词(v.)

That statistic must surely make them wince.这样的统计数据必定会让他们退缩。
As soon as he touched her she seemed to wince and stiffen.只消他碰到她，她便一阵畏缩，全身僵硬。
I still wince at the memory of the stupid thing I did.我一想起自己做过的蠢事就不由得摇头叹气。
He winced mentally at the terrible news.听到这个噩耗，他不由的心里一楞。
He winced as she stood on his injured foot.她踩着他受伤的脚，他疼得缩了回去。

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