flinch

英 [flɪntʃ] 美 [flɪntʃ]

• v. 畏缩；退缩；畏首畏尾
• n. 退缩；逃避

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 畏惧
2. 退缩
3. 畏缩
4. 退却
5. 畏首畏尾
6. 缩回

n. 名词

1. 退缩
2. 畏惧
3. 畏缩
4. 犹豫不决
5. 击发不果断
6. 退缩
7. 一种把牌堆积在桌上的游戏
8. 逃避

英英释义

Noun:

1. a reflex response to sudden pain

Verb:

1. draw back, as with fear or pain;

   "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Jane didn't flinch once when the doctor cleaned the cut in her arm.
   医生为琼清洗手臂上的伤口时，她毫不畏缩。
2. Rex gently placed his armored hand on her shoulder, making her flinch from the cold hardness.
   雷克斯将他戴着装甲的手轻轻地放在她的肩上，那种坚硬冰冷的感觉让她畏缩了一下。
3. You mustn't flinch from a difficulty.
   你不应从困难面前退缩。
4. He willed himself not to move, not to even flinch.
   他强迫自己不动，也不退缩。

用作名词 (n.)

1. You mustn't flinch from a difficulty.
   你不应从困难面前退缩。
2. He willed himself not to move, not to even flinch.
   他强迫自己不动，也不退缩。
3. He did not flinch from his duty.
   他不逃避自己的职责。
4. But I know that even so you would not ask us to flinch from doing our duty.
   但即使这样，你们想必也不会要我们逃避责任。

经典引文

• Oliver never flinched in his determination to pursue higher things.

  出自： G. Santayana

• Too much of a land person..to flinch from doing what had to be done.

  出自： C. McCullough

词汇搭配

• flinch one's glass 故意不把酒喝干...
• flinch from 在…面前畏缩...

近反义词

【近义词】

• recoil 退却
• cringe 畏缩
• wince 畏缩
• quail 鹌鹑
• draw back 撒回
• start 开始
• balk 阻止
• baulk 障碍
• shrink 收缩
• cower 畏缩
• blench 回避
• back 后面
• draw 拖
• funk 恐惧
• squinch 挤压