wry是什么意思_wry怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

humorously sarcastic or mocking;"dry humor"
"an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"
"an ironic novel"
"an ironical smile"
"with a wry Scottish wit"

bent to one side;"a wry neck"

中英词源

wry 啼笑皆非的，揶揄的

来自PIE*wer,弯，转，词源同wring,wriggle。引申义扭曲的，啼笑皆非的。

wry: wry: [16] Wry means literally ‘twisted’ (many other English words beginning with wr-, such as wrist and writhe, share the same basic meaning). It comes from the now obsolete verb wry ‘deviate, twist’, which was descended from Old English wrīgian ‘turn, tend in a particular direction’. Wriggle [15] is probably related.
=> wriggle
wry (adj.): 1520s, "distorted, somewhat twisted to one side," from obsolete verb wry "to contort, to twist or turn," from Old English wrigian "to turn, bend, move, go," from Proto-Germanic *wrig- (cognates: Old Frisian wrigia "to bend," Middle Low German wrich "turned, twisted"), from PIE *wreik- "to turn" (cognates: Greek rhoikos "crooked," Lithuanian raisas "paralysed"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). Of words, thoughts, etc., from 1590s. The original sense is preserved in awry.

词态变化

比较级 wryer; wrier;
最高级 wryest; wriest;
副词 wryly;
名词 wryness;

权威造句

1. There is a wry sense of humour in his work.: 他的作品带有一种讽刺意味的幽默。

2. She cast a wry glance in her grandmother"s direction.: 她朝奶奶无可奈何地瞟了一眼。

3. This book is suffused with Shaw"s characteristic wry Irish humour.: 这本书充满了萧伯纳独特的爱尔兰式幽默与嘲讽。

4. Antony"s wry smile disconcerted Sutcliffe.: 安东尼的怪笑让萨克利夫不知所措。

5. Matthew allowed himself a wry smile.: 马修不由得苦笑了一下。

近反义词

wry-necked 歪脖的

wry tail 歪尾

wry face 歪脸

wry nose 歪鼻

make a wry face 做鬼脸

相似短语

wry neck 【医】斜颈, 捩颈

wry face 歪脸

wry nose 歪鼻

wry tail 歪尾

make a wry face 做鬼脸

单词分析

暂无,等待补充.

记忆方法

1. see wrench.
2. wrong => wry.
3. wrong => wry, wring.
4. 错误就是歪曲了正确的方向，所以离正确越来越远。

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