Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense grimaces, present participle grimacing, past tense, past participle grimaced
VERB (因厌恶、痛苦等)做鬼脸,扮怪相,脸部扭曲 If you grimace, you twist your face in an ugly way because you are annoyed, disgusted, or in pain. (因厌恶、痛苦等)做鬼脸,扮怪相,脸部扭曲 [written]
She started to sit up, grimaced, and sank back weakly against the pillow. [VERB]
她坐了起来,露出痛苦的表情,又有气无力地倒在枕头上。
She grimaced at Cerezzi, then turned to Brenda. [VERB + at]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRIMACE | GRIMACE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤little, slight, small有些扭曲的表情➤pained, painful (especially NAmE) 疼痛的/痛苦的表情▸➤wry哭笑不得的表情▸➤facial鬼臉VERB + GRIMACE➤give (sb), make(對某人)做怪相;扮鬼臉◇She made a wry grimace.她做出一副哭笑不得的表情。➤twist into扭曲成一副怪相◇His face twisted into a grimace.他的臉扭曲成一副怪相。GRIMACE + VERB➤twist sth⋯扭曲成怪相◇An ugly grimace twisted her face.她扮了個鬼臉,臉都扭曲了。PREPOSITION➤with a grimace帶着一副怪相◇He acknowledged his mistake with a wry grimace.他做了個怪怪的表情,算是認了錯。➤grimace of因⋯而面部扭曲◇a grimace of disgust / pain因厭惡/痛苦而面部扭曲grimace
verb
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤slightly面部稍有些扭曲➤inwardly內心哭笑不得PREPOSITION➤at因⋯而面部扭曲;對⋯扮鬼臉◇He grimaced slightly at the pain.他痛得臉都有些歪了。◇She grimaced at him.她衝他扮了個鬼臉。➤in, with因⋯而面部扭曲◇She grimaced in disgust.她露出厭惡的表情。