twinge
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++twinge /twɪndʒ/ noun [countable] 1 PAINa sudden feeling of slight pain 一阵刺痛 I felt a twinge of pain in my back. 我觉得背上一阵刺痛。► see thesaurus at pain2 a twinge of guilt/envy/sadness/jealousy etc FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCa sudden slight feeling of guilt etc 一阵内疚/羡慕/悲伤/嫉妒等 He felt a sharp twinge of guilt for not taking the trouble to visit her. 他因没有想办法去看望她而感到一阵强烈的内疚。
Examples from the Corpus
twinge• I felt responsible and concerned, but also a twinge of frustration.• I feel a twinge of sympathetic embarrassment on my late colleague's behalf.• Then he thought of Benedicta and felt a twinge of doubt.• Charles even felt a twinge of pity for Mrs Sweet.• George felt a twinge of pain in his ankle from when he had slipped on the ice.• Johnson felt a twinge on the inside of his right leg.• I had a twinge of hard joy as I ran after the car.• I feel a small, icy twinge around my heart.• I'd had the odd twinge now and again, but my heart-attack was totally unexpected.• But the path took me back into darkness and I felt my first real twinge of panic.Origin twinge (1600-1700) twinge “to pinch” ((11-19 centuries)), from Old English twengantwinge nounChinese
Corpus pain slight of sudden feeling a
twinge
twinge /twɪndʒ/
noun [countable]
I felt a twinge of pain in my back.
2. a twinge of guilt/envy/sadness/jealousy etc a sudden slight feeling of guilt etc:
He felt a sharp twinge of guilt for not taking the trouble to visit her.
▪ pain noun [uncountable and countable] the feeling when part of your body hurts: A broken leg can cause a lot of pain. | He felt a sharp pain in his chest.
▪ache noun [uncountable and countable] a continuous pain, especially one that is not very bad. Most commonly used in compounds such as headache, toothache, and backache: I felt an ache in my back after decorating all day. | Driving gives me a headache. | I’ve got stomach ache. | Do you have earache?
▪twinge noun [countable] a sudden slight pain that comes and then disappears quickly: When I bent down I felt a twinge in my back.
▪discomfort noun [uncountable] formal an uncomfortable feeling in your body, or a slight pain: The procedure takes five minutes and only causes slight discomfort.
▪agony noun [uncountable] a feeling of great pain, or a situation in which you feel a lot of pain: the agony of childbirth | I was in agony by the time I got to the hospital. | It was agony (=very painful)getting up out of bed.
▪suffering noun [uncountable] continuous physical or mental pain, which makes someone very unhappy: I just wanted someone to put an end to my suffering. | the suffering of the earthquake victims
twinge /twɪndʒ/
noun [countable] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: twinge 'to pinch' (11-19 centuries), from Old English twengan
1. a sudden feeling of slight pain:Origin: twinge 'to pinch' (11-19 centuries), from Old English twengan
2. a twinge of guilt/envy/sadness/jealousy etc a sudden slight feeling of guilt etc:
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