twinge
twinge
noun
noun
- a sudden, sharp localized pain
剧痛，阵痛
he felt a twinge in his knee.
他膝盖感到一阵刺痛。
■a brief experience of an emotion, typically an unpleasant one
痛苦，内疚
Kate felt a twinge of guilt.
凯特有种负罪感。
- [no obj.](of a part of the body) suffer a sudden, sharp localized pain
（身体某部分）剧痛，阵痛
stop the exercises if the tummy twinges.
感到肚子疼就停止锻炼。
- Old English twengan 'pinch, wring', of Germanic origin. The noun dates from the mid 16th cent
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