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Grimace French Face V Pain Grima Gri'meis V./N.做鬼脸,面部歪扭

单词 grimace
音标 [gri'meis]
解释 v./n.做鬼脸,面部歪扭
红宝书 【英】 v. 做鬼脸,面部歪扭(a twisting or distortion of the face)
【记】 来自grim(可怕的)+ac e 看作 face→可怕的脸→鬼脸
【例】 grimaced with pain
字源 grimace (n.)
1650s, from French grimace, from Middle French grimache, from Old French grimuce "grotesque face, ugly mug," possibly from Frankish (compare Old Saxon grima "face mask," Old English grima "mask, helmet"), from same Germanic root as grim (adj.). With pejorative suffix -azo (from Latin -aceus).
grimace (v.)
1762, from French grimacer, from grimace (see grimace (n.)). Related: Grimaced; grimacing.
不择手段背单词 v. 做鬼脸(面部极端扭曲以表示痛苦、轻蔑或厌恶); n 面部的歪扭; 痛苦的表情
【记】grim(adj 狰狞可怕的), ace = face-可怕的脸一鬼脸读: 鬼魅s或鬼没死-才有作鬼脸的可能性
【类】contortion: body = grimace: face 扭弯身体 = 扭曲脸部chagrin: mind = grimace: face 懊恼是情绪不好 = 面部扭曲是脸不好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』
趣味全助记 【记】grim + face 鬼母的脸,母夜叉的脸

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