| 单词 | cringe |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [krindʒ] |
| 解释 | v.畏缩；谄媚 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 畏缩(shrink from something dangerous or painful)；谄媚(to act in a timid, servile manner; fawn) 【考】 fidget : nervousness / cringe : dread(焦躁是因为紧张/畏 缩是因为害怕) 【记】 注意cringe的两种含 义都是GRE中常考的 【例】 The child cringed at the sight of the enormous dog. |
| 字源 | cringe (v.) early 13c., from causative of Old English cringan "give way, fall (in battle), become bent," from Proto-Germanic *krank- "bend, curl up" (cognates: Old Norse kringr, Dutch kring, German Kring "circle, ring"). Related: Cringed; cringing. As a noun from 1590s. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. (因害怕)畏缩 = cower; (因为害怕对方而)谄媚奉承 = fawn 【记】cr哭, in, ge哥: 在哥哥的怀抱里哭, 被吓坏了吧? ! 【参】cringing(adj /n 畏缩的; 阿谀奉承的) 【类】fidget: nervousness = cringe: dread烦躁不安是因为紧张 = 畏缩是因为害怕 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】与shrink有关，k=g, 字形也象；由于恐惧或卑屈而收缩→畏缩，奴颜婢膝(译成奉承不太准确)；音：给 + ring，给mm戒指，在mm面前够奴颜婢膝的了 |
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