Grimace
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n. 鬼臉，怪相;痛苦的表情;
vi. 扮怪相，做鬼臉;
?? 詞根助記
grim糟糕的+ace表名詞 → 愁眉苦臉
?? 例句
She screwed her face into a smile (grimace).
她歪著臉做一個微笑（鬼臉）。
A small grimace;a pout.
怪相；撅嘴
Thomas made a grimace after he had tasted the wine.
托馬斯嘗了那葡萄酒后做了個鬼臉。
Compare smirk, sneer, frown, scowl and grimace.
試比較smirk、 sneer、 frown、 scowl、 grimace這幾個詞.
The acrobat grimaced at the children during the circus performance.
那雜技藝人在馬戲表演時對孩子們做鬼臉。
?? 聯想助記
【記】grim-嚴厲的,ace-face臉:嚴厲的臉是扮鬼臉的一種選擇
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?? 牛津釋義
grimace
n
ugly twisted expression (on the face), expressing pain, disgust, etc or intended to cause laughter （表示痛苦、 厭惡等或欲引人發笑的）怪相, 鬼臉
make/give a grimace of pain 作出[露出]痛苦的怪相. grimace, v [I, Ipr]
~ (at sb/sth) make grimaces 作怪相; 作鬼臉
She grimaced in/with distaste at the thought of it. 她一想到那個就厭惡得作怪相. =>Usage at smirk 用法見smirk.
?? 擴展釋義
*[gri'meis]n. 鬼臉, 怪相vi. 扮鬼臉, 作怪相
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But I suggest you complete your education first.
但是我建議你首先完成你的學業。
The cowl (or hood) does not make the monk.
穿袈裟的不一定是和尚。
He's picking the apples on that tree. He's putting them in a basket.
他在摘那棵樹上的蘋果。他正在把蘋果放進一只籃子里。