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grimace 音标拼音: [gr'ɪməs] n. 面部的歪扭,鬼脸,痛苦的表情
vi. 扮鬼脸,作苦相 面部的歪扭,鬼脸,痛苦的表情扮鬼脸,作苦相 grimace n 1: a contorted facial expression; " she made a grimace at the prospect" [ synonym: { grimace}, { face}] v 1: contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; " He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" [ synonym: { grimace}, { make a face}, { pull a face}] Grimace \ Gri* mace"\ ( gr[ i^] m"[ i^] s or gr[ i^]* m[= a] s"), n. [ F., prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. gr[ imac] ma mask, specter, Icel. gr[ imac] ma mask, hood, perh. akin to E. grin.] A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made- up face. [ 1913 Webster] Moving his face into such a hideous grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] Note: " Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in Dryden' s ` Marriage a- la- Mode,[ rsquo] as innovations in our language, are now in common use: chagrin, double- entendre, [' e] claircissement, embarras, [' e] quivoque, foible, grimace, na[" i] vete, ridicule. All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use." -- I. Disraeli. [ 1913 Webster]
Grimace \ Gri* mace"\, v. i. To make grimaces; to distort one' s face; to make faces. -- H. Martineau. [ 1913 Webster] 99 Moby Thesaurus words for " grimace": ache, agonize, ail, anguish, blanch, blench, bob, bobble, bounce, bump, contort, declaim, deform, didder, disapprove of, distort, dither, face, falter, feel pain, feel the pangs, frown, gloom, glower, ham, ham it up, have a misery, hurt, jar, jerk, jig, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, knit the brow, long face, look askance at, look black, look sullen, lower, make a face, make a lip, make a moue, make a mouth, misshape, mop, mop and mow, moue, mouth, mouthing, mow, mug, out- herod Herod, overact, overdramatize, pound, pout, pull a face, quake, quaver, quiver, rant, recoil, revolt at, rictus, roar, scowl, shake, shiver, shock, shoot, show distaste for, shrink, shrink from, shudder, shudder at, smart, snarl, spout, suffer, thrill, throb, throw away, tic, tingle, tremble, tremor, twinge, twitch, twitter, underact, wince, wobble, writhe, wry face, wry mouth
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