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

wry

/rʌɪ

adjective (wryer, wryest or wrier, wriest)

1Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour: a wry smile wry comments...

She gave a wry smile at the comment on breakfast.
Director Peter Evans highlights the play's wry humour and latent evil with a low-key, ironic spin.
Levy's wry sort of humour and the ironic use of an English woman's perspective to describe the problems confronted by the immigrants is both clever and sensitive.

Synonyms

ironic, sardonic, satirical, mocking, scoffing, sneering, derisive, scornful, sarcastic, double-edged, dry, droll, witty, humorous

British informal sarky

2(Of a person’s face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.Aliette made a wry face, and turned away disbelieving....

Cecil made a wry face, though inwardly he was relieved.
The two men exchanged questioning glances behind her back as she came out of the garden and closed the gate, then Penniworth gave a shrug and made a wry face of amusement.

Synonyms

disgusted, displeased, discontented, offended, unimpressed, annoyed, irritated, irked, vexed, piqued, nettled, put out, disgruntled

informal peeved, narked, hacked off

British informal cheesed off

North American informal sore, ticked off, teed off

vulgar slang pissed off

3 archaic (Of the neck or features) distorted or turned to one side: a remedy for wry necks...

Elizabeth styled him her pygmy; his enemies delighted in vilifying his "wry neck," "crooked back" and "splay foot," and in Bacon's essay "On Deformity," it was said, "the world takes notice that he paints out his little cousin to the life."
During the last twenty years as a rabbit breeder I have seen a great variety of ailments, injuries and mysteries appear throughout my herd and those of friends but the most challenging and perplexing certainly must be Wry neck.

Derivatives

wryness

/ˈrʌɪnəs

/ noun ...

Like all great music, Beatles songs give voice to an intense sense of possibility and do so with an economy, a down-to-earthness and a wryness that remain wonderfully invigorating.
Prosodical and rhetorical choices in both poems combine to create an unusual balance between gravity and elegance, on the one hand, wryness and wit on the other.
He brought the same quiet wryness to his conversation, and many of his remarks were all the funnier for his murmured, throwaway delivery.

Origin

Early 16th century (in the sense 'contorted'): from Old English wrīgian 'tend, incline', in Middle English 'deviate, swerve, contort'.

单词	wry
释义	wry /rʌɪ / adjective (wryer, wryest or wrier, wriest) 1Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour: a wry smile wry comments... She gave a wry smile at the comment on breakfast. Director Peter Evans highlights the play's wry humour and latent evil with a low-key, ironic spin. Levy's wry sort of humour and the ironic use of an English woman's perspective to describe the problems confronted by the immigrants is both clever and sensitive. Synonyms ironic, sardonic, satirical, mocking, scoffing, sneering, derisive, scornful, sarcastic, double-edged, dry, droll, witty, humorous British informal sarky 2(Of a person’s face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.Aliette made a wry face, and turned away disbelieving.... Cecil made a wry face, though inwardly he was relieved. The two men exchanged questioning glances behind her back as she came out of the garden and closed the gate, then Penniworth gave a shrug and made a wry face of amusement. Synonyms disgusted, displeased, discontented, offended, unimpressed, annoyed, irritated, irked, vexed, piqued, nettled, put out, disgruntled informal peeved, narked, hacked off British informal cheesed off North American informal sore, ticked off, teed off vulgar slang pissed off 3 archaic (Of the neck or features) distorted or turned to one side: a remedy for wry necks... Elizabeth styled him her pygmy; his enemies delighted in vilifying his "wry neck," "crooked back" and "splay foot," and in Bacon's essay "On Deformity," it was said, "the world takes notice that he paints out his little cousin to the life." During the last twenty years as a rabbit breeder I have seen a great variety of ailments, injuries and mysteries appear throughout my herd and those of friends but the most challenging and perplexing certainly must be Wry neck. Derivatives wryness /ˈrʌɪnəs / noun ... Like all great music, Beatles songs give voice to an intense sense of possibility and do so with an economy, a down-to-earthness and a wryness that remain wonderfully invigorating. Prosodical and rhetorical choices in both poems combine to create an unusual balance between gravity and elegance, on the one hand, wryness and wit on the other. He brought the same quiet wryness to his conversation, and many of his remarks were all the funnier for his murmured, throwaway delivery. Origin Early 16th century (in the sense 'contorted'): from Old English wrīgian 'tend, incline', in Middle English 'deviate, swerve, contort'. Rhymes ally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, buy, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, ply, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai
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wry

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wryness

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