wince 的 2 个定义
winced, winc·ing.
- to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.
- a wincing or shrinking movement; a slight start.
wince 近义词
draw back
更多wince例句
- Memphis begins to pop up in the later chapters, and I wince at every mention because I know that is where the story will end.
- The errant flashes of light in your brain depicting this possibility are strong enough to make you wince and want to cry.
- One may well wince with dread at the thought of it going out.
- “Hey, muffins,” he calls to his children, with a “wince of mortification” at the whole scene.
- There was a clicking sound as the cuffs went back on, but not tight enough to make him wince.
- This talk had been on that very day before, while they sat impatiently awaiting her arrival, and it had made John Chester wince.
- Poynter uttered a sneering laugh, which made Heath wince, and turn upon him wrathfully.
- He paused at that, for he saw his father wince at the picture like a man physically struck; and again there was silence.
- He had got under the armor of his enemy at last, and he could feel him wince and writhe at each thrust that he drove home.
- "Peleg, you're a sight for tired optics," said Tom, giving the man's hand a squeeze that made him wince.