| 单词 | wrought |
| 释义 | wrought (once / 252 pages) adj Wrought is an adjective that means "molded," "shaped," or "manufactured." A wrought-iron fence has been shaped to fit a particular ornamental style. Wrought is most often used to describe the shaping, altering, molding, and manufacture of various metals, like iron, steel, aluminum. However, the word is actually related to wreak, which means "to cause damage." So we'll sometimes refer to the destruction wrought by a storm or some mad scientist like Dr. Frankenstein might lament the monster he has wrought with his hands. WORD FAMILYwrought: inwrought, overwrought, wroughtest USAGE EXAMPLESThe burglar bars on the windows are wrought to resemble the Star of David. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) We’ve now become so used to these sounds that it’s easy to lose sight of the sheer strangeness they wrought upon arrival. Slate(Dec 16, 2016) Baird’s exquisitely wrought and meticulously researched biography brushes the dusty myth off this extraordinary monarch. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) adj shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort) the wrought silver bracelet Syn molded, shaped formed having or given a form or shape |
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