Cringing - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Make white or pale by extracting colour.

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The cold light blanched her face

verb

To become pale, esp. from being surprised

Примеры использования:

When he realized who was on the phone, he blanched., blanch the peaches before peeling them.

verb

To turn pale, for example because you are shocked

Примеры использования:

While most people would blanch at the prospect of so much work, daniels seems to enjoy it.

verb

Make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain.

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He blenched and struggled to regain his composure

verb

To move back or away suddenly or react physically because something frightens, disgusts (= shocks), or upsets you

Примеры использования:

At the sight of the dead animal, diana blenched.

verb

To be very unwilling to do something

Примеры использования:

My sister blenches at the very thought of changing a baby's nappy.

idiom

To show too much politeness or attention to someone

Примеры использования:

It's embarrassing to see people bowing and scraping to the new ceo.

verb

Crouch down in fear.

Примеры использования:

Children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted

verb

To lower your head or body in fear, often while moving backwards

Примеры использования:

Stop cowering! i'm not going to hit you.

verb

Move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed.

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He crept downstairs, hardly making any noise

noun

A detestable person.

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I thought he was a nasty little creep

verb

Move slowly

verb

Adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, typically in order to avoid detection or to defend oneself.

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We crouched down in the trench

noun

A crouching stance or posture.

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He dropped into a defensive crouch

verb

The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

verb

Avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement.

Примеры использования:

Marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists

noun

A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.

Примеры использования:

A guard shot at me but with a quick dodge from my new agility i managed to avoid at it.

verb

A quick evasive movement

noun

A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.

Примеры использования:

The rear feet of the beaver are large and webbed like a duck's feet, to give the animal good swimmi…

verb

Lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen.

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Spectators ducked for cover

noun

A quick lowering of the head.

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Then a quick duck brought him under the demon's arm.

verb

Make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise.

Примеры использования:

She flinched at the acidity in his voice

noun

An act of flinching.

Примеры использования:

‘don't call me that,’ he said with a flinch

verb

Draw back, as with fear or pain

idiom

To feel too frightened to do something that you had planned to do

Примеры использования:

I was going to try bungee jumping, but i got cold feet.

verb

Lie or crawl abjectly on the ground with one's face downwards.

Примеры использования:

He grovelled at george's feet

verb

To lie facing the ground, esp. in fear, or to behave toward someone in a way that shows that you are small and unimportant and the other person is powerful

Примеры использования:

My dog grovels at my feet when she’s done something wrong., i’ll apologize, but i won’t grovel just…

verb

To behave with too much respect towards someone to show that you are very eager to please them

Примеры использования:

He sent a grovelling note of apology.

verb

Act in an excessively subservient manner.

Примеры использования:

She didn't have to kowtow to a boss

noun

An act of kowtowing as part of chinese custom.

Примеры использования:

Chang kowtows before the emperor, who tells him of his mission.

verb

To show respect by going down into a position where your knees are on the floor and then bending your body forward so that your head touches the ground, in a way used especially in the past in china

Примеры использования:

As part of the wedding ceremony, we kowtowed to my parents and to my fiancé's parents., they kowtow…

noun

A small short-tailed old world game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage.

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Birds such as grouse, crows, quail, partridge, nightjars, cuckoos, shrikes, larks, pipits, merlins,…

verb

Feel or show fear or apprehension.

Примеры использования:

She quailed at his heartless words

noun

A small brown bird with a short tail, sometimes hunted as a sport and eaten as a food

verb

(especially of the earth) shake or tremble.

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The rumbling vibrations set the whole valley quaking

noun

An earthquake.

Примеры использования:

A big quake east of the rocky mountains

verb

To shake, esp. because you are frightened

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He quaked with fear at the thought.

verb

Tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion.

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The tree's branches stopped quivering

noun

A slight trembling movement or sound, especially one caused by a sudden strong emotion.

Примеры использования:

She couldn't help the quiver in her voice

noun

An archer's portable case for holding arrows.

Примеры использования:

He also had a framed backpack, a utility belt containing tools, a quiver containing 14 arrows, a fl…

verb

Suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust.

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He recoiled in horror

noun

The action of recoiling.

Примеры использования:

His body jerked with the recoil of the rifle

verb

To make a sudden movement away from something esp. because of fear or disgust

Примеры использования:

Fig. sun-worshipers might recoil in horror at the chilling winds and rough seas, but we loved the p…

verb

(of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate.

Примеры использования:

Buildings shook in sacramento and tremors were felt in reno

noun

An act of shaking.

Примеры использования:

She gave her red curls a shake

verb

Move or cause to move back and forth

verb

Become or make smaller in size or amount.

Примеры использования:

The workforce shrank to a thousand

noun

A psychiatrist.

Примеры использования:

You should see a shrink

verb

To become smaller or cause something to become smaller

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the show’s audience has shrunk in the last few months., [ t ] i shrank my sweater by putting …

verb

(of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion.

Примеры использования:

She still shuddered at the thought of him

noun

An act of shuddering.

Примеры использования:

The elevator rose with a shudder

verb

Begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space.

Примеры использования:

The season starts in september

noun

The point in time or space at which something has its origin; the beginning.

Примеры использования:

He takes over as chief executive at the start of next year

abbreviation

Strategic arms reduction treaty, an agreement between the us and the soviet union to limit and reduce strategic nuclear weapons, first signed in 1991.

verb

(of a person or part of the body) shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

Примеры использования:

Isobel was trembling with excitement

noun

(of a person, a part of the body, or the voice) shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

Примеры использования:

Isobel was trembling with excitement

verb

Make a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of pain or distress.

Примеры использования:

He winced at the disgust in her voice

noun

An instance of wincing.

Примеры использования:

At the touch of his hand, there was a slight wince of pain.

noun

A roller for moving textile fabric through a dyeing vat.

Примеры использования:

The hengst was fitted on one side with a wooden winch, the ‘wince’, and could be fastened to the si…