grimace英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.

— Her face was twisted in a grimace of disgust.
Affectation, pretence. obsolete

— Zeluco considered all this as mere affectation and grimace, and was convinced that she would, in due time, unfold the particular mode in which she wished to be indemnified […].

动词 v.

To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces. intransitive

词形变化

grimaces plural grimaces present,singular,third-person grimacing participle,present grimaced participle,past grimaced past

词汇关系

衍生词

grimacey

词源

词源 1

From French grimace, from Middle French grimace, from Old French grimace, grimuche, from grime (“mask”) (with the pejorative suffix -ace, from Latin -āceus), from Frankish *grīma, *grīmō (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask, helmet”). Cognate with Old English grīma (“mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition”). More at grime.

词源 2

From French grimace, from Middle French grimace, from Old French grimace, grimuche, from grime (“mask”) (with the pejorative suffix -ace, from Latin -āceus), from Frankish *grīma, *grīmō (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *grīmô (“mask, helmet”). Cognate with Old English grīma (“mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition”). More at grime.