单词详解 | twinge

twinge
音标
美音:/twɪndʒ/,英音:/twɪndʒ/

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
“I also had cramps in my quads and hamstrings so every time I felt a twinge I had to stop kicking.”
“我的股四头肌和腿筋也抽筋,所以每次我感到刺痛时,我都不得不停止踢腿。”
BBC

The result is a procedural food fight with a silly name that does little other than keep Capitol denizens up past their bedtimes and cause twinges of political pain.
结果是一场名字愚蠢的程序性食物大战,除了让国会大厦的居民熬夜并造成政治痛苦外,几乎没有其他作用。
New York Times

But it later transpired Draper “felt a twinge” in his shoulder during practice on Sunday, resorting to underarm serving less than 24 hours later against Etcheverry.
但后来发现德雷珀在周日的训练中“感到肩膀刺痛”,在不到 24 小时后对阵埃切维里的比赛中求助于腋下发球。
BBC

基本释意
noun
a sudden sharp feeling
n. 阵痛;悔恨

同义词
pang,stab,prick,sting,nip,pinch,squeeze,tweet,twitch

短释义
You can experience a physically painful twinge, but there are also twinges that are more emotional, like the twinge of sadness you feel when you look at photos of your old house. Use this word as a verb, too, if you like: “Did your shoulders twinge when you gave your little brother a piggyback ride?” Long ago, to twinge meant to pinch, and the word’s origin traces back to the Old English twengan, “to pinch.”
刺痛是突然发生的刺痛或剧痛。你正在从篮球伤病中恢复吗?上篮时,您可能仍会感到膝盖不适。

长释义
You can experience a physically painful twinge, but there are also twinges that are more emotional, like the twinge of sadness you feel when you look at photos of your old house. Use this word as a verb, too, if you like: “Did your shoulders twinge when you gave your little brother a piggyback ride?” Long ago, to twinge meant to pinch, and the word’s origin traces back to the Old English twengan, “to pinch.”
你可能会经历身体上的刺痛,但也有更情绪化的刺痛,比如当你看着老房子的照片时感到悲伤的刺痛。如果你愿意,也可以将这个词用作动词:“当你让你的小弟弟骑在背上时,你的肩膀会痛吗?”很久以前,to twinge 的意思是捏,这个词的起源可以追溯到古英语 twengan,“捏”。

文学例句
“Yeah,” said Hazel, a twinge of something in her stomach.
“是啊,”黑兹尔说,她的胃里一阵刺痛。
Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

And several yards behind, marching beside the young men floating the coffin upward, I looked into the face of the old man who had aroused the song and felt a twinge of envy.
在后面几码处,与抬棺材的年轻人并排前进,我看着那位唤起这首歌的老人的脸,感到一阵嫉妒。
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

It was repetitive work; the muscles in his arms and lower back twinged as he stooped over and over to pass off refilled buckets and pick up empty ones.
这是重复性的工作;当他弯下腰递交装满水的水桶并捡起空水桶时,他手臂和下背部的肌肉都在抽痛。
Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray

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 (source also of 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.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
twinge (n.)1540s,“捏,捏”,来自过时的动词 twinge “捏,调整”,来自古英语 twengan “捏”,来自原始日耳曼语 *twangjan(也来自古弗里斯兰语 thwinga,Old挪威语 þvinga、丹麦语 tvinge、荷兰语 dwingen、古高地德语 thwingan、德语 zwingen“强迫、强迫”),来自 PIE *twengh-“压在上面”(参见 thong)。意思是“尖锐的、突然的轻微疼痛”是从 c 记录下来的。 1600. 从 1620 年代开始记录比喻意义(指羞耻、悔恨等)。相关条目及更多


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