| 单词 | to wring up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wring up to wring up 1. To pull up with a twist; to wrench up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > twist out or up to wring outc1420 to wring upc1440 wrestc1450 outtwinea1500 throwa1500 outwrest1590 twine1600 screw1611 to ply out1668 wrench1726 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 185 The wedis with an hond most vp be wronge. [Cf. upwring vb. at up- prefix 3a(a).] 2. To squeeze, press, or compact by torsion; to twist or screw up. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > twist, wring, or squeeze out twistc1374 press1381 expressc1400 outwringc1430 to wring upc1440 queasea1450 dow1481 strain1483 squash1599 crush1602 squeeze1602 squeeze1611 out-scruze1626 compel1657 c1440 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 442 Take parsel, and grinde hit, and wringe hit up with egges thrugh a streynour. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 14 Take almondes, bray hem, wryng hom up. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 244 Wring the book up tightly in the press. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. iii. 30 The very white frock..which had been wrung up and ironed by her mother's own hands. 3. Mining. In passive. Of a lode: To become diminished or dwindled. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > of vein or lode: dwindle to wring up1839 wring1855 1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall xi. 343 By continuing the workings through the space so wrung-up. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 143 Sometimes the lode..becomes ‘wrung up’, or impoverished. < as lemmas |
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