cringe

动词 cringe:

1. draw back, as with fear or pain
   同义词：flinch, squinch, funk, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
2. show submission or fear
   同义词：fawn, crawl, creep, cower, grovel

1. By the cringe, it's cold out here.
   哎呀，外面这里真冷。
2. His way of sleeping makes me cringe.
   他睡觉的方式令我生厌。

cringe

v.intr.（不及物动词）
cringed,cring.ing,cring.es
To shrink back, as in fear; cower.
畏缩：因害怕等的退缩；畏缩
To behave in a servile way; fawn.
卑躬屈膝；阿谀奉承
n.（名词）
An act or instance of cringing.
阿谀奉承：阿谀奉承的行为或事例

来源：
Middle English crengen [to bend haughtily]
中古英语 crengen [傲慢地鞠躬]
probably ultimately from Old English cringan [to give way]
可能最终源自 古英语 cringan [泄露]