grimace
Word family noungrimacegrimacer
gri·mace1 /ɡrɪˈmeɪs, ˈɡrɪməs/ verb [intransitiveI] DON'T LIKESMILEto twist your face in an ugly way because you do not like something, because you are feeling pain, or because you are trying to be funny 〔因不喜欢某物、感到疼痛或开玩笑时〕扭曲脸部,做怪相grimace at She grimaced at her reflection in the mirror. 她对着镜中的自己做了个怪脸。
She sipped the whisky and grimaced. 她呷了一口威士忌,做了个怪相。
grimace• The screaming would not stop, and he grimaced.• He grimaced and scratched his short, curly black hair where it stuck out from under his tartan cap.• Stadler, meanwhile, was grimacing and snarling with every strut of his corpulent form.• The flack grimaced and walked away, muttering.• Vic grimaces at his own reflection, as if to say: come off it, no identity crises, please.• He married his high school sweetheart, though he grimaces at that term.• Justin said, grimacing at the recollection.• She grimaced for Anna to step over it too, but the child trod on it before Liz could wrench her arm. grimace at• Hannegan grimaced at the big black painting on the wall. grimace2 noun [countableC] written DON'T LIKEPAINan expression you make by twisting your face because you do not like something or because you are feeling pain 脸部扭曲,怪相,鬼脸〔指不喜欢某物或感到疼痛时的面部表情〕 His face twisted in a grimace of pain. 他痛得龇牙咧嘴。
a grimace of disgust 表示厌恶的怪相
Origin grimace2 (1600-1700) French from earlier French grimache