writhe是什么意思_writhe怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);"The prisoner writhed in discomfort"
"The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt"s embrace"

中英词源

writhe 扭曲

来自PIE*wer,弯，转，扭曲，词源同wring,wriggle.

writhe: writhe: see wrist
writhe (v.): Old English wriðan (transitive) "to twist or bend," earlier "to bind or fetter," from Proto-Germanic *writhanan (cognates: North Frisian wrial, Old High German ridan, Old Norse riða, Middle Swedish vriþa, Middle Danish vride), from PIE *wreit- "to turn, bend" (see wreath). Intransitive, of the body or limbs, "move in a twisting or tortuous manner," from c. 1300. Related: Writhed; writhing.

词态变化

第三人称单数 writhes;
过去式 writhed;
过去分词 writhed;
现在分词 writhing;

权威造句

1. The subject makes her writhe with embarrassment.: 这个话题让她难堪得坐立不安。

2. His dazed eyes stare at the eels, which still writhe and entwine.: 他茫然地盯着仍在翻滚缠绕的鳗鱼。

3. Though the thought made her writhe, there was nothing she could do about it.: "尽管她一想起这句话就痛心, 可是也毫无办法.

4. While you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell.: 当你得到安息的时候,我还要受折磨.

5. The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails!: 虫子越受苦, 我就越想碾碎它们.

近反义词

squirm (因不舒适、羞愧或紧张而...

twist 缠绕

wriggle 蠕动

struggle 努力

thrash 打(谷)

thrash about 搜索

wiggle 扭动

suffer 遭受

turn 翻转

ache 痛

moan 呻吟声

hurt 损害

wince 畏缩

agonize (使)极度痛苦...

anguish 苦闷

creep 蹑手蹑脚地走...

wrestle 摔跤

worm 虫

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记忆方法

1. see wrench.

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