grimace

英 [ɡrɪ'meɪs] 美 [ɡrɪ'meɪs]

• n. 面部的歪扭；鬼脸；痛苦的表情
• vi. 扮鬼脸；作苦相

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 鬼脸，怪相
2. 愁眉苦脸
3. 脸部扭曲
4. 痛苦的表情

v. 动词

1. 扮鬼脸，作怪相，装鬼脸，作苦相
2. 皱着眉头

英英释义

Noun:

1. a contorted facial expression;

   "she made a grimace at the prospect"
   

Verb:

1. contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state;

   "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Thomas made a grimace after he had tasted the wine.
   汤玛斯尝了那葡萄酒後做了个鬼脸。
2. I fought back the grimace that would give her lie away.
   我对抗似的朝她做了个鬼脸，揭穿她的谎言。
3. An odd grimace crosses her mouth and vanishes.
   她的嘴角掠过一丝奇怪的表情，转眼就消失了。
4. He acknowledged his mistake with a wry grimace.
   他做了个怪怪的表情，算是认了错。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The latter made a grimace at the two women and gleefully hurried out behind Tu Wei-yueh.
   李麻子朝阿珍她们扮鬼脸，笑了一笑，也就赶快跟了出去。

经典引文

• His lips twist into a crabbed, enigmatic grimace.

  出自： D. Jacobson

• His face was distorted in a grimace of mingled fear and annoyance.

  出自： I. Murdoch

近反义词

【近义词】

• pull a face 做鬼脸
• make a face 做鬼脸
• scowl 愁容
• frown 皱眉
• smirk 假笑
• sneer 冷笑
• pout 噘嘴
• long face 闷闷不乐，不悦的脸色...
• contort (使)扭曲
• mouth 嘴
• face 表面
• wry face 歪脸
• mug 脸
• wry 面部肌肉扭曲的...