flinch

flinch¹
verb

[no obj.]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
she flinched at the acidity in his voice.
他尖刻的话音令她畏缩。
he had faced death without flinching.
他曾面对死亡毫不退缩。
■(flinch from)(figurative)avoid doing or becoming involved in (something) through fear or anxiety
(喻)（因恐惧或焦虑而）对…退缩不前，从…退缩
I rarely flinch from a fight when I'm sure of myself.
确信自己时，我很少怕斗争。

noun

[in sing.]an act of flinching
畏缩，退缩
‘Don't call me that,’ he said with a flinch.
“别那样叫我，”他畏首畏尾地说。

派生
flincher
noun
flinchingly
adverb
语源

mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'slink or sneak off'): from Old French flenchir 'turn aside', of West Germanic origin and related to German lenken 'to guide, steer'

flinch²
[flɪn(t)ʃ]
verb

variant spelling of flense
同 flense

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