grimace
[GRIMACE]
英 [ɡrɪ'meɪs] 美 [ɡrɪ'meɪs]
n.面部的歪扭；鬼脸；痛苦的表情 vi.扮鬼脸；作苦相
◉词源
Grimace（鬼脸、扭曲的表情）约于1650年代进入英语，源自法语 grimace，可能来自古法语 grima（面具）或日耳曼语系（与“grim”相关，意为“可怕的”）。演变过程：从“扭曲的面部表情”直接保留为描述因痛苦、厌恶或不适而产生的表情。词根 grim-（可怕的、扭曲的，Proto-Germanic grimaz “凶猛的”）
◉外刊例句
① The New York Times, 2009:
One can grimace and say 'cheese'.
一个人可以做出鬼脸并说‘cheese’。
② The New York Times, 2013:
I notice his faint grimace of reluctance.
我注意到他那轻微的不情愿的鬼脸。
◉经典名著
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World:
Her face wrinkled up nto a grimace of disgust.
她的脸皱起来，露出厌恶的鬼脸。
◉ Usage Examples
(1) Thomas made a grimace after he had tasted the wine.
(2) I fought back the grimace that would give her lie away.
(3) An odd grimace crosses her mouth and vanishes.
(4) He acknowledged his mistake with a wry grimace.
(5) The latter made a grimace at the two women and gleefully hurried out behind Tu Wei-yueh.
(1) 汤玛斯尝了那葡萄酒後做了个鬼脸。
(2) 我对抗似的朝她做了个鬼脸，揭穿她的谎言。
(3) 她的嘴角掠过一丝奇怪的表情，转眼就消失了。
(4) 他做了个怪怪的表情，算是认了错。
(5) 李麻子朝阿珍她们扮鬼脸，笑了一笑，也就赶快跟了出去。
◉ Usage Notes
The grimace on her face when he asked her to the prom told him her answer was "no" before she said a word. A grimace is a facial expression that usually suggests disgust or pain, but sometimes comic exaggeration.
Picture someone wrinkling his nose, squeezing his eyes shut, and twisting his mouth and you'll have a pretty solid mental image of a grimace. It can be a verb, as in "the grimaced at the teacher's suggestion of a pop quiz." Or it words as a noun. "The gave a grimace when the teacher suggested a pop quiz." Its forerunner was the 17th century Spanish grimazo, meaning caricature, and grima, meaning fright.
◉柯林斯词典
1. [VERB 动词]（因厌恶、痛苦等）做鬼脸，扮怪相，脸部扭曲 If you grimace, you twist your face in an ugly way because you are annoyed, disgusted, or in pain. [V] [V at n] [WRITTEN 笔语]
She started to sit up, grimaced, and sank back weakly against the pillow...
她坐了起来，露出痛苦的表情，又有气无力地倒在枕头上。
She grimaced at Cerezzi, then turned to Brenda.
她朝赛雷斯做了个鬼脸，接着转向布伦达。
Grimace is also a noun.
He took another drink of his coffee. 'Awful,' he said with a grimace.
他又喝了一口咖啡。“真难喝，”他说着做了个鬼脸。
