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单词 wince
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wince
verb[I]
uk
/wɪns/us
/wɪns/
to showpainorembarrassmentsuddenlyand for ashorttimein theface, oftenmovingtheheadback at the sametime:
Did Ihurtyou? IthoughtIsawyou wince.
It makes me winceeventhinkingabouteyeoperations.一想到眼部手术，我就不由得眉头一皱。
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  • Themerememoryof theinjurymade him wince.
  • He winced in theheadlights'glare.
  • I didn'twantto wince everytimeIsawapictureof myself.
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Pain & painful
  • -racked
  • agonizing
  • be murder onsomethingidiom
  • brain freeze
  • cluster headache
  • dull
  • dully
  • dysmenorrhea
  • excruciating
  • grief
  • neuralgia
  • pang
  • prick
  • rawness
  • sciatic
  • sharpness
  • sting
  • stitch
  • throb
  • tingle
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Grimacing and frowning
wince
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/wɪns/us
/wɪns/
theactofshowingpainorembarrassmentsuddenlyand for ashorttimein theface, oftenmovingtheheadback at the sametime:
Shegavea wince as thenurseput theneedlein.
It'simpossiblenot tofeela wince ofempathyfor someone who gets akickin theface.
More examples
  • When hisgirlfriendstartedtovomit, hetriedtohidea wince.
  • I'm gettingbetteratignoringthe winces from theoldpeopleas mykidsplay.
  • Paulsustainednear-cripplinginjurieswithbarelya wince.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Pain & painful
  • -racked
  • agonizing
  • be murder onsomethingidiom
  • brain freeze
  • cluster headache
  • dull
  • dully
  • dysmenorrhea
  • excruciating
  • grief
  • neuralgia
  • pang
  • prick
  • rawness
  • sciatic
  • sharpness
  • sting
  • stitch
  • throb
  • tingle
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Grimacing and frowning
(Definition ofwincefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
wince
verb[I]
uk
/wɪns/us
/wɪns/
to showpainsuddenlyand for ashorttimein theface, oftenmovingtheheadback at the sametime
（因疼痛而）脸部肌肉抽搐，皱眉蹙额
Did Ihurtyou? - IthoughtIsawyou wince.我弄疼你了吗？——好像看到你皱了一下眉。
It makes me winceeventhinkingabouteyeoperations.一想到眼部手术，我就不由得眉头一皱。

wince| American Dictionary

wince
verb[I]
us
/wɪns/
totightenthemusclesof thefacebrieflyandsuddenlyin a show ofpain,worry, orembarrassment:
Shecutherfinger, but didn’tevenwince.

wince

noun[Cusually sing]us
/wɪns/
Hesatdown with a wince,rubbinghisinjuredleftknee.
(Definition ofwincefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwince

wince
Rochefort, an able horseman, attempted to ride and act, but was obviously wincing in pain, and required assistance dismounting and walking.
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What monstrous folly to teach him towinceand cry out at the sufferings of other people!
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He is portrayed as more light-hearted in earlier seasons, though still wincing from three failed marriages.
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He winces as the doctor unwraps his foot, revealing that the dog is still biting.
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They maywinceat this but it is not a very large cut and it would be a tremendous example to the nation.
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I began towincewhen he referred to the 1960s, "when we were students".
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They want to call it the community charge, and when we say "poll tax", theywinceand say "community charge" back at us.
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I want to include under that heading many subjects which would have made the educational formalist of the 19th centurywince.
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There is the older generation, who sigh and suffer even over minor improprieties andwinceat the utterance of words whose coarseness has burned out.
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People mightwincewhen they have to pay a large amount, but they do not rebel until they come across injustice.
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Potential inward investors mustwinceat such statements.
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Many people in my constituency willwinceand say, " don't earn £20,000—that's an astronomic sum," but that is the average wage according to the statistics.
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I sometimeswincewhen my colleagues in local government continually ask for more money from central government.
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We did notwinceunder them at all.
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He held that view in 1977, and, although he maywinceat the recollection, we can at least congratulate him on changing.
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