flinch
verb /flɪntʃ/
/flɪntʃ/
[intransitive]动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they flinch | /flɪntʃ/ /flɪntʃ/ |
| he / she / it flinches | /ˈflɪntʃɪz/ /ˈflɪntʃɪz/ |
| past simple flinched | /flɪntʃt/ /flɪntʃt/ |
| past participle flinched | /flɪntʃt/ /flɪntʃt/ |
| -ing form flinching | /ˈflɪntʃɪŋ/ /ˈflɪntʃɪŋ/ |
- to make a sudden movement with your face or body as a result of pain, fear, surprise, etc.
（突然）退缩；畏缩 - He met my gaze without flinching.
他毫不畏缩，跟我对视着。 - He didn’t even flinch (= wasn’t surprised) when I told him the price.
当我告诉他价格时，他甚至没有退缩。 - flinch at something He flinched at the sight of the blood.
他一见到血就往后退。 - flinch away She flinched away from the dog.
她一下子避开了那条狗。
Topics Feelingsc2- He hardly flinched when he was hit.
他被击中时几乎都没退缩一下。 - Her finger touched the scar on his forehead, making him flinch.
她的手指触到他额头上的伤疤时，他缩了一下。 - She flinched inwardly as he took her hand.
他拉她的手时，她心里缩了一下。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- barely
- hardly
- almost
- …
- make somebody
- at
- from
- with
- …
词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘slink or sneak off’): from Old French flenchir ‘turn aside’, of West Germanic origin and related to German lenken ‘to guide, steer’. - He met my gaze without flinching.