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单词 wryneck
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wry•neck  (rī′nek′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Pathology, Informal Terms[Informal.]
    • torticollis.
    • a person having torticollis.
  2. Birdsany of several small Old World climbing birds of the subfamily Jynginae, of the woodpecker family, noted for the peculiar habit of twisting the head and neck.
  • wry + neck 1575–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
wryneck /ˈraɪˌnɛk/ n
  1. either of two cryptically coloured Old World woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla or J. ruficollis, which do not drum on trees
  2. another name for torticollis
  3. informal a person who has a twisted neck
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