twinge
US: /ˈtwɪndʒ/
UK: /twˈɪndʒ/
UK: /twˈɪndʒ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
twinge /twindʤ/
- danh từ
- (y học) sự đau nhói, sự nhức nhối
- a twinge of toothache: sự nhức răng
- (nghĩa bóng) sự cắn rứt
- twinges of conscience: sự cắn rứt của lương tâm
- (y học) sự đau nhói, sự nhức nhối
- ngoại động từ
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) (y học) làm đau nhói, làm nhức nhối
- (nghĩa bóng) cắn rứt
- his conscience twinges him: lương tâm cắn rứt nó
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a sudden short feeling of pain: He felt a twinge in his knee as he jumped over the wall.
2 ~ (of sth) a sudden short feeling of an unpleasant emotion: a twinge of disappointment / envy / guilt / jealousy / regret + She felt a twinge of guilt about cancelling at the last moment. + I felt a twinge of envy at her success.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 stab, pang, cramp, spasm, pinch, stitch, (sharp) pain, prick, bite, gripe:
I get a terrible twinge in my back when I lift anything heavy.
2 pang, pain:
I felt a twinge of remorse at leaving.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
sharp | little, slight | sudden
VERB + TWINGE
experience, feel, get, suffer | give sb
The letter still gives him a twinge when he thinks of it.
PREP.
~ of
a twinge of guilt
Concise English dictionary
twinges|twinged|twingingtwɪndʒ
noun
+a sudden sharp feeling
+a sharp stab of pain
verb
+cause a stinging pain
+feel a sudden sharp, local pain
+squeeze tightly between the fingers
