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1 shrink
I [ʃriŋk] verb1) (to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller: My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?) krympe2) (to move back in fear, disgust etc (from): She shrank (back) from the man.) vige tilbage3) (to wish to avoid something unpleasant: I shrank from telling him the terrible news.) vige tilbage•- shrunken II [ʃriŋk] noun((slang) a psychiatrist.) hjernevrider; psykiater* * *I [ʃriŋk] verb1) (to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller: My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?) krympe2) (to move back in fear, disgust etc (from): She shrank (back) from the man.) vige tilbage3) (to wish to avoid something unpleasant: I shrank from telling him the terrible news.) vige tilbage•- shrunken II [ʃriŋk] noun((slang) a psychiatrist.) hjernevrider; psykiater -
2 recoil
1. [rə'koil] verb1) (to move back or away, usually quickly, in horror or fear: He recoiled at/from the sight of the murdered child.) vige tilbage2) ((of guns when fired) to jump back.) slå tilbage2. ['ri:koil] noun(the act of recoiling.) vigen tilbage; tilbageslag* * *1. [rə'koil] verb1) (to move back or away, usually quickly, in horror or fear: He recoiled at/from the sight of the murdered child.) vige tilbage2) ((of guns when fired) to jump back.) slå tilbage2. ['ri:koil] noun(the act of recoiling.) vigen tilbage; tilbageslag -
3 fall back
(to move back or stop moving forward.) trække sig tilbage; vige tilbage* * *(to move back or stop moving forward.) trække sig tilbage; vige tilbage -
4 flinch
[flin ](to make a sudden movement back or away in fear, pain etc: He flinched away from the sudden heat.) vige tilbage* * *[flin ](to make a sudden movement back or away in fear, pain etc: He flinched away from the sudden heat.) vige tilbage -
5 quail
[kweil](to draw back in fear; to shudder: The little boy quailed at the teacher's angry voice.) vige tilbage* * *[kweil](to draw back in fear; to shudder: The little boy quailed at the teacher's angry voice.) vige tilbage
См. также в других словарях:
undse — und|se vb., undser, undså, undset; undse sig (vige tilbage for, skamme sig) … Dansk ordbog
