英语词汇“writhe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

writhe

(rīth)

v. writhed, writh·ing, writhes

v.intr.

1. To make twisting bodily movements, as in pain or struggle.

2. To move with a twisting or contorted motion: A snake writhed out of the bushes.

3. To suffer emotional or physical distress, as from embarrassment or anguish: "She writhed at the bare idea that he might pay court to some girl" (W. Somerset Maugham).

v.tr.

To cause to twist or squirm; contort: "His lips ... were now writhed into unholy contortions" (Stephen Crane).

The act or an instance of writhing: "'If I may umbly make the remark,' said Uriah Heep with a writhe" (Charles Dickens).

[Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīthan; see wer-² in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

writher n.

单词	writhe
释义	writhe (rīth) v. writhed, writh·ing, writhes v.intr. 1. To make twisting bodily movements, as in pain or struggle. 2. To move with a twisting or contorted motion: A snake writhed out of the bushes. 3. To suffer emotional or physical distress, as from embarrassment or anguish: "She writhed at the bare idea that he might pay court to some girl" (W. Somerset Maugham). v.tr. To cause to twist or squirm; contort: "His lips ... were now writhed into unholy contortions" (Stephen Crane). n. The act or an instance of writhing: "'If I may umbly make the remark,' said Uriah Heep with a writhe" (Charles Dickens). [Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīthan; see wer-² in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] writher n.
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