Flinch

(verb.) draw back, as with fear or pain; 'she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf'.

手打:梅尔瓦

• They were trying to intimidate him--to make him flinch; each was urging the other on to some immediate act of personal violence. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I shall not flinch, you may depend upon it, Mr. Lydgate, said Mr. Bulstrode. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I won't flinch. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• She was one of those people who can bear a great deal of pleasure, and she never flinched in her perseverance in the cause. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The dogs looked lazily up, flinched a little when the impatient feet of the sheep touched their raw backs--sighed, and lay peacefully down again. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The entire garrison marched and counter-marched within the rampart, in full view--yet notwithstanding even this, we never flinched. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I looked attentively to see if she flinched at the sudden mention of that name. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• There was no flinching about the girl. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Like a Red Indian undergoing torture, Gerald would experience the whole process of slow death without wincing or flinching. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She walked to the window, flinching under his angry stare, looked out for a moment, and turned round quite coldly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• That is the real truth, replied Crispin, without flinching. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

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