cringe

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking). countable
    — He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.
  2. An act or disposition of servile obeisance. countable,figuratively
  3. A crick (“painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body”). UK,countable,dialectal
  4. Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment. derogatory,slang,uncountable
    — Bro... you just posted cringe
动词 v.
  1. To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear. intransitive
    — He cringed as the bird collided with the window.
  2. To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed. figuratively,intransitive
    — I'm cringing watching this easily Blizzard- or Square Enix-worthy new trailer for Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls Online. Not because it's bad — it's a deftly rendered slice of CGI. But it must have cost a fortune. It makes me want to say "Spend the money on knocking the game out of the park, please, not the frippery, Bethesda." But oh what frippery.
  3. To bow or crouch in servility. intransitive
    — [I]f they keepe their wits, yet they are accompted fooles by reaſon of their carriage, becauſe they cannot ride a horſe, which euery Clowne can doe; ſalute and court a Gentlewoman, carue at table, cringe and make congies, which euery common ſwaſher can doe, [...]
  4. To act in an obsequious or servile manner. figuratively,intransitive
    — Here the beggar accoſts me; had I appeared as himſelf, he had aſked nothing: but now he uncovers, he cringeth, he cries for relief.
  5. To draw (a body part) close to the body; also, to distort or wrinkle (the face, etc.). obsolete,transitive
    — [H]ow thriue you, howe periſh you, and they cringing in their neckes, like rattes, ſmothered in the holde, [...]
  6. To bow or crouch to (someone) in servility; to escort (someone) in a cringing manner. obsolete,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Synonym of cringeworthy or uncool, inducing awkwardness or secondhand embarrassment. derogatory,slang
    — Brands trying to appeal to young people with memes is the most cringe thing ever.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Stated in response to something cringeworthy. derogatory,slang

词形变化

cringes present,singular,third-person cringing participle,present cringed participle,past cringed past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template cringe infinitive cringe first-person,present,singular cringed first-person,past,singular cringe present,second-person,singular cringest archaic,present,second-person,singular cringed past,second-person,singular cringedst archaic,past,second-person,singular cringes present,singular,third-person cringeth archaic,present,singular,third-person cringed past,singular,third-person cringe plural,present cringed past,plural cringe present,subjunctive cringed past,subjunctive cringe imperative,present - imperative,past cringing participle,present cringed participle,past crinch alternative,dialectal cringes plural more cringe comparative most cringe superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
cringe comedy cringe culture cringefest cringeful cringeling cringelord cringemaking cringe-making cringe-makingly cringeometer cringe-o-meter cringer cringesome cringetastic cringeworthy cringing cringingly cringingness cringy cultural cringe cringe de la cringe millennial cringe
相关词
crouch wince

词源

词源 1
The verb is derived from Middle English crengen (“to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”) [and other forms], from Old English *crenġan, *crenċġan, *crenċan (“to cause to fall or turn”) from Proto-Germanic *krangijaną (“to cause to fall; to cause to turn”), causative of Proto-Germanic *kringaną, *krinkaną (“to fall; to turn; to yield”) (> Old English crin(c)gan (“to yield; to cringe; to fall; to die, perish”)), from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”)). The causative suffix is from *-janą (suffix forming causatives with the sense ‘to cause to do (the action of the verb)’ from strong verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish krænge (“to turn inside out, evert”), Dutch krengen (“to careen, veer”) and Dutch kring (“circle”), Scots crenge, creenge, creinge, crienge (“to cringe; to shrug”), Swedish kränga (“to careen; to heel, lurch; to toss”), and West Frisian kringe (“to pinch; to poke; to push; to insist, urge”); and is a doublet of crinkle.
The noun and adjective are derived from the verb via zero derivation.
词源 2
The verb is derived from Middle English crengen (“to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”) [and other forms], from Old English *crenġan, *crenċġan, *crenċan (“to cause to fall or turn”) from Proto-Germanic *krangijaną (“to cause to fall; to cause to turn”), causative of Proto-Germanic *kringaną, *krinkaną (“to fall; to turn; to yield”) (> Old English crin(c)gan (“to yield; to cringe; to fall; to die, perish”)), from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”)). The causative suffix is from *-janą (suffix forming causatives with the sense ‘to cause to do (the action of the verb)’ from strong verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish krænge (“to turn inside out, evert”), Dutch krengen (“to careen, veer”) and Dutch kring (“circle”), Scots crenge, creenge, creinge, crienge (“to cringe; to shrug”), Swedish kränga (“to careen; to heel, lurch; to toss”), and West Frisian kringe (“to pinch; to poke; to push; to insist, urge”); and is a doublet of crinkle.
The noun and adjective are derived from the verb via zero derivation.
词源 3
The verb is derived from Middle English crengen (“to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”) [and other forms], from Old English *crenġan, *crenċġan, *crenċan (“to cause to fall or turn”) from Proto-Germanic *krangijaną (“to cause to fall; to cause to turn”), causative of Proto-Germanic *kringaną, *krinkaną (“to fall; to turn; to yield”) (> Old English crin(c)gan (“to yield; to cringe; to fall; to die, perish”)), from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”)). The causative suffix is from *-janą (suffix forming causatives with the sense ‘to cause to do (the action of the verb)’ from strong verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish krænge (“to turn inside out, evert”), Dutch krengen (“to careen, veer”) and Dutch kring (“circle”), Scots crenge, creenge, creinge, crienge (“to cringe; to shrug”), Swedish kränga (“to careen; to heel, lurch; to toss”), and West Frisian kringe (“to pinch; to poke; to push; to insist, urge”); and is a doublet of crinkle.
The noun and adjective are derived from the verb via zero derivation.
词源 4
The verb is derived from Middle English crengen (“to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”) [and other forms], from Old English *crenġan, *crenċġan, *crenċan (“to cause to fall or turn”) from Proto-Germanic *krangijaną (“to cause to fall; to cause to turn”), causative of Proto-Germanic *kringaną, *krinkaną (“to fall; to turn; to yield”) (> Old English crin(c)gan (“to yield; to cringe; to fall; to die, perish”)), from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn”)). The causative suffix is from *-janą (suffix forming causatives with the sense ‘to cause to do (the action of the verb)’ from strong verbs). The English word is cognate with Danish krænge (“to turn inside out, evert”), Dutch krengen (“to careen, veer”) and Dutch kring (“circle”), Scots crenge, creenge, creinge, crienge (“to cringe; to shrug”), Swedish kränga (“to careen; to heel, lurch; to toss”), and West Frisian kringe (“to pinch; to poke; to push; to insist, urge”); and is a doublet of crinkle.
The noun and adjective are derived from the verb via zero derivation.
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