| 单词 | flinch |
| 释义 | flinch (once / 1128 pages) vn To flinch is to react to pain by wincing, pulling away, or cringing. Often it's used to describe a person who shows a moment of weakness or fright: he was so tough, I thought he'd never flinch, but snakes really freak him out. To flinch is to pull away suddenly or recoil when something frightens or hurts you. People flinch at different things. Needles, for example, cause some people to flinch, while they're not even noticed by others. If you can withstand something awful without showing it, you're likely to hear someone say "Wow! You didn't even flinch!" Think of it as a combination of flee and pinch. If you don't flee when you get pinched, you don't flinch. WORD FAMILYflinch: flinched, flinches, flinching+/flinching: unflinching/unflinching: unflinchingly USAGE EXAMPLESAfter she was elected in September, Ms James kissed Mr Farage on stage, with photographs seeming to show her flinching. BBC(Dec 21, 2016) Our neighbor in Medina is an avid reader, and he doesn’t flinch from a challenging book. Seattle Times(Dec 05, 2016) But we must not flinch from putting our trade at the centre of stories of institutional failure either. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) 1v draw back, as with fear or pain she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf Syn|Hypo|Hyper cringe, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince retract, shrink back pull away from a source of disgust or fear move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2n a reflex response to sudden pain Syn|Hyper wince jump, start, startle a sudden involuntary movement |
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