an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement (尤指表示厌恶、痛苦或哭笑不得的)怪相,鬼脸 she gave a grimace of pain. 她的脸因痛苦而扭曲。
verb
[no obj.]make a grimace 做怪相;做鬼脸 I sipped the coffee and grimaced. 我抿了口咖啡后做了个怪相。
派生 grimacer noun 语源
mid 17th cent.: from French, from Spanish grimazo 'caricature', from grima 'fright'