flinch
- IPA[flin(t)SH]
美式
- make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise；avoid doing or becoming involved in (something) through fear or anxiety
- an act of flinching
verb: flinch, 3rd person present: flinches, gerund or present participle: flinching, past tense: flinched, past participle: flinched
noun: flinch, plural noun: flinches
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise she flinched at the acidity in his voice he had faced death without flinching 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ avoid doing or becoming involved in (something) through fear or anxiety I rarely flinch from a fight when I'm sure of myself 同義詞
名詞
- 1. an act of flinching “Don't call me that,” he said with a flinch
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- IPA[flɪn(t)ʃ]
英式
- make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise: she flinched at the acidity in his voice he had faced death without flinching
- an act of flinching: ‘Don't call me that,’ he said with a flinch
Oxford Dictionary
