flinch
英 ['fl?n(t)?]
美 [fl?nt?]
助記提示
1. link => lank (Old English hlanc) => flank.
2. Showing characteristic change of Germanic hl- to Romanic fl-.
3. flank <====> lank, link, flinch, flange.
4. f + lynch => fear + lynch => 害怕被私刑處死→畏縮
5. fl-(諧音“返了”-----返回了) + inch => flinch: 返回了、退回了、退縮了一英寸。
6. 諧音“赴凌遲”-----押赴刑場凌遲處死。
中文詞源
flinch 突然畏縮，退縮來自PIE*kleng, 彎，轉，詞源同link, incline. 引申詞義逃避，畏縮。
英文詞源
- flinch
- flinch: see link
- flinch (v.)
- 1570s, apparently a nasalized form of obsolete Middle English flecche "to bend, flinch," which probably is from Old French flechir "to bend" (Modern French fléchir), also flechier "to bend, turn aside, flinch," which probably are from Frankish *hlankjan or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *hlinc- (cognates: Middle High German linken, German lenken "to bend, turn, lead"), from PIE root *kleng- "to bend, turn" (see link (n.)). There were nasalized form of the word in Old French as well (flenchir "to bend; give ground, retreat"). Related: Flinched; flinching. As a noun, "the action of flinching," from 1817.
雙語例句
- 1. The world community should not flinch in the face of this challenge.
- 國際社會在面對這一挑戰時不應該回避。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She won't flinch from speaking her mind.
- 她不會諱言自己的想法.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. If you flinch, I'll kill you . Do you understand that?
- 你要是縮頭不干, 我就宰了你, 明白 嗎 ?
來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險
- 4. The sharp surface of the rock caught at her skin, making her flinch.
- 巖石尖尖的表面剮到了她的皮膚，令她后縮了一下。
來自辭典例句
- 5. Rhett, watching Wade's face with meditative eyes, saw the boy flinch.
- 瑞德若有所思地注視著韋德那張小臉, 發現這孩子在難過.
來自飄（部分）