cringe
- IPA[krɪn(d)ʒ]
英式
- bend one's head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner；experience an inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust
- an act of cringing.
verb: cringe, 3rd person present: cringes, gerund or present participle: cringing, past tense: cringed, past participle: cringed
noun: cringe, plural noun: cringes
- 釋義
- 相關詞
動詞
- 1. bend one's head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner he cringed away from the blow 同義詞
- ▪ experience an inward shiver of embarrassment or disgust I cringed at the fellow's stupidity 同義詞
名詞
- 1. an act of cringing.
- another term for cringeworthy
Oxford Dictionary
- another term for cringeworthy
Oxford American Dictionary
- the view or belief that one's own national culture is inferior to that of a colonial power ... the economic debate is overwhelmed by the colonial cringe it's not colonial cringe to use overseas research
Oxford Dictionary
- the view that one's own national culture is inferior to the cultures of other countries: there are signs that the cultural cringe is on the retreat
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[krinj]
美式
- bend one's head and body in fear or in a servile manner: he cringed away from the blow
- an act of cringing.
Oxford American Dictionary
