gri·mace /ˈgrɪməs, grɪˈmes/
面部的歪扭,鬼臉,痛苦的表情(vi.)扮鬼臉,作苦相
Gri·mace n. A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.
Moving his face into such a hideous grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion. --Addison.
Note: ☞ “Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in Dryden's ‘Marriage a-la-Mode,’ as innovations in our language, are now in common use: chagrin, double-entendre, éclaircissement, embarras, équivoque, foible, grimace, naïvete, ridicule. All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use.”
Gri·mace, v. i. To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.
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grimace
n : a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the
prospect" [syn: face]
v : contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional
state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he
had to do" [syn: make a face, pull a face]