2a twinge of guilt/envy/sadness/jealousy etcFEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCa suddenslight 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。
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a twinge of guilt/envy/sadness/jealousy etc• Carew felt a twinge of envy.• Romanov felt a twinge of envy at the thought that he could never hope to live in such style.• Thrilled by the beauty of the scene, she had sometimes felt a twinge of envy for the people on board.
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twinge• I felt responsible and concerned, but also a twinge of frustration.• I feel a twinge of sympatheticembarrassment 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, icytwinge around my heart.• I'd had the oddtwinge 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.
Origintwinge
(1600-1700)twinge“to pinch”((11-19 centuries)), from Old Englishtwengan