| 单词 | flinch |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [flinʃ] |
| 解释 | v.畏缩，退缩 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.畏缩，退缩(to draw back; to wince; cower; cringe) 【考】 droll : laugh / grisly : flinch(滑稽的使人发笑/恐 怖的使人畏缩) 【记】 分割记忆：fl看作fly ,+inch(寸)，一寸一 寸向后飞→退缩 【例】 We all flinched when we saw the cars collide. |
| 字源 | flinch (v.) 1570s, from obsolete flecche "to bend, flinch," probably from Old French flenchir "to bend," probably from Frankish *hlankjan or some other Germanic source (cognates: Middle High German linken, German lenken "to bend, turn, lead"), from PIE root *kleng- "to bend, turn" (see link (n.)). Related: Flinched; flinching. As a noun, from 1817. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. (于惊奇或疼痛或从一些令人不愉快的或困难的事中)畏缩, 退缩 = wince = cower = cringe = shrink 【记】fl = fly, inch(n 英寸)－一寸寸向后飞－退缩 【区】filch(vt 偷窃不贵重的东西); filth(n 污秽物); finch(n 雀类) 【类】droll: laugh = grisly: flinch 滑稽的使人发笑 = 恐怖的使人畏缩grimace: pain = flinch: fear『sneer: derision』痛苦的表情因为疼痛 = 畏缩因为害怕『嘲笑: 嘲笑』stoic: flinch 坚忍主义者不会畏缩 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】fly + inch 只飞了一英寸，鸟刚飞就退回来了，因为翅膀肌肉痛畏缩回来；f + lynch, fear + lynch私刑处死；害怕被私刑处死→畏缩 【相关】lynch (音：凌迟，凌迟处死)私刑处死；blench 畏缩，回避，wince 退缩 |
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