Cringe

(v. t.) To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.

(v. t.) To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.

(n.) Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility.

校对:露辛达

• There was a little brusque, turgid contempt for her in his swift gesture, and she seemed to cringe a little. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It is very well to cringe and crawl now, but you thought little enough of this poor Horner in the dock for a crime of which he knew nothing. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• How they cringe and bow to that Creole, because of her hundred thousand pounds! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Gerald went about all day with a tendency to cringe, as if there were the point of a sword of Damocles pricking the nape of his neck. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He may cringe and growl, or cringe and not growl; but he either beats or cringes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Then, what submission, what cringing and fawning, what servility, what abject humiliation! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The foreigner came here poor, beggarly, cringing, and subservient, ready to doff his cap to the meanest native of the household. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The Epicurean was determined to make Humanity go its way without cringing to capricious gods and without sacrificing Free-Will. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• His bullying, overbearing manner was all gone too, and he cringed along at my companion's side like a dog with its master. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He cringed and coaxed Rawdon at the club. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Either beats or cringes, said Wemmick, not at all addressing himself to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• A fellow like our friend the Spider, answered Mr. Jaggers, either beats or cringes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He may cringe and growl, or cringe and not growl; but he either beats or cringes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

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