释义
v.
make a quick, nervous movement of the face or body as an instinctive reaction to fear or pain
（因害怕或疼痛而）退缩，畏缩
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she flinched at the acidity in his voice 他尖刻的话音令她畏缩
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he had faced death without flinching .他曾面对死亡毫不退缩。
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〈喻〉 （因恐惧或焦虑而）对…退缩不前，从…退缩
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I rarely flinch from a fight when I'm sure of myself. 对自己有信心时，我很少惧怕斗争。
n.
an act of flinching
畏缩，退缩
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‘Don't call me that,’ he said with a flinch. “别那样叫我，”他畏首畏尾地说。
v.
variant spelling of
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词源
"mid 16th cent. （in the sense ‘slink or sneak off’）： from Old French
