解释
- n. 阵痛；悔恨
- vt. 使刺痛；使感到剧痛
- vi. 刺痛；感到剧痛
※ 提供单词"twinge"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
twinge 一阵刺痛，剧痛
来自古英语 twengan,掐，拧，来自 Proto-Germanic*twangjan,掐，拧，来自 PIE*twengh,拧， 挤压，可能来自 PIE*dwo,二，词源同 thong,two,twine.
英文词源
- twinge (n.)
- 1540s, "a pinch, a nipping," from obsolete verb twinge "to pinch, tweak," from Old English twengan "to pinch," from Proto-Germanic *twangjan (cognates: Old Frisian thwinga, Old Norse þvinga, Danish tvinge, Dutch dwingen, Old High German thwingan, German zwingen "to compel, force"), from PIE *twengh- "to press in on" (see thong). Meaning "sharp, sudden minor pain" is recorded from c. 1600. Figurative sense (with reference to shame, remorse, etc.) is recorded from 1620s.
例句和用法
- 1. For a moment, Arnold felt a twinge of sympathy for Mr Wilson.
- 有一瞬间，阿诺德对威尔逊先生心生同情。
- 2. He felt a twinge in his knee.
- 他感到膝盖一阵剧痛。
- 3. I felt a twinge of envy for the people who lived there.
- 我对住在那儿的人产生过一阵嫉妒.
- 4. The letter still gives him a twinge when he thinks of it.
- 他一想起那封信就会感到一阵刺痛.
- 5. Has your action never given you a twinge of conscience?
- 你做这事不屈心 吗 ?
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