单词	writhe
释义	writhewrithe /raɪð/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINwrithe Origin: Old English writhan ‘to twist’ Verb Table VERB TABLE writhe Simple Form Present I, you, we, they writhe he, she, it writhes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they writhed Present perfect I, you, we, they have writhed he, she, it has writhed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had writhed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will writhe Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have writhed Continuous Form Present I am writhing he, she, it is writhing you, we, they are writhing Past I, he, she, it was writhing you, we, they were writhing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been writhing he, she, it has been writhing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been writhing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be writhing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been writhing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES As he received each blow, he writhed on the floor and cried out. Sarah was writhing in agony, clutching her leg. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And even though the little fellow stood stock still, his shadow heaved and twisted as some living creature writhing in unimaginable torment. Changez lay writhing on the floor, unable to get up. I felt its coarse hairs prickle my neck ... Smell of wet earth ... My belly writhed. Like an invertebrate, she writhed on the floor, trapped in the ruin of her own body. Play was stopped twice in the first half as Estrada writhed on the ground in seemingly excruciating pain after making a save. They fell into bed, and then he was writhing under her twitching hair. Those struck down fell sprawling, unconscious or writhing with fractured skulls or broken shoulders... Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto keep moving your body or part of your body► fidget to keep moving or playing with your fingers, hands, feet etc, because you are bored or nervous: · Stop fidgeting, Sally, and pay attention.fidget in your seat/chair: · She glared at the little boy, who had started fidgeting in his chair.fidget with: · Diana fidgeted nervously with her pencil. ► can't keep still spoken if you can't keep still , you keep moving your body because you are excited or nervous and you cannot relax: · I was so excited that I couldn't keep still.· Frankie has a lot of energy; he can hardly keep still for more than a few minutes. ► squirm to make very small movements from side to side with your body, especially because you are in pain or uncomfortable: · The cat was squirming and he put it down.· Diane squirmed wildly as Gavin tickled her.squirm in your seat/chair: · The little boy squirmed in his seat, anxious to get up and leave the table.squirm with embarrassment/discomfort etc: · Laura's face reddened and she squirmed with embarrassment. ► wriggle to make small movements from side to side, especially in order to get into a particular position or to get through an opening: wriggle into/out/through etc: · The dog wriggled under the fence and escaped into the street.wriggle free: · Shelly tried to wriggle free from him, but he held her firmly. ► writhe to twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering pain: · As he received each blow, he writhed on the floor and cried out.writhe in pain/agony: · Sarah was writhing in agony, clutching her leg. ► twitch if part of your body twitches , it makes small movements that you cannot control: · A muscle on Yang's face twitched.· My right eyelid wouldn't stop twitching. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► writhe in pain/agony etc  He lay writhing in pain. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► around · Within moments the man had me writhing around in agony as he dug his hands into my feet, ankles and calves.· He tumbled to the ground, writhed around on the dirt and covered himself with dust. NOUN► agony · Mentally, Mrs Stych felt as if she were writhing in her death agonies.· Within moments the man had me writhing around in agony as he dug his hands into my feet, ankles and calves.· Her hands twisted in the coverlet beside her head, and she writhed in an agony of pleasure.· Police found the pair writhing in agony in the road.· But soon after she was writhing in agony, her muscles racked with pain. ► pain · A patient who is writhing in pain may harbor an intra-abdominal catastrophe.· He just curled up in a little ball and writhed in pain. to twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering painwrithe in pain/agony etc He lay writhing in pain.
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