squinch

英 [skwɪntʃ] 美 [skwɪntʃ]

• v. 挤压；扭曲；蜷缩
• n. 对角斜拱

英英释义

Noun:

1. a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)

Verb:

1. crouch down

2. draw back, as with fear or pain;

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

3. cross one's eyes as if in strabismus;

   "The children squinted so as to scare each other"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• squint 眯眼看
• quail 鹌鹑
• recoil 退却
• cringe 畏缩
• funk 恐惧
• wince 畏缩
• flinch 畏缩
• shrink 收缩