writhe
英 [ra?e]
美
- vi. 翻滾;蠕動(dòng)
- vt. 扭曲;扭動(dòng)
- n. 翻滾;扭動(dòng);苦惱
TEM8低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?writhes;過(guò)去式:?writhed;過(guò)去分詞:?writhed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?writhing;
助記提示
1. see wrench.
中文詞源
writhe 扭曲
來(lái)自PIE*wer,彎,轉(zhuǎn),扭曲,詞源同wring,wriggle.
英文詞源
- writhe
- writhe: see wrist
- writhe (v.)
- Old English wriean (transitive) "to twist or bend," earlier "to bind or fetter," from Proto-Germanic *writhanan (cognates: North Frisian wrial, Old High German ridan, Old Norse riea, Middle Swedish vrita, 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The subject makes her writhe with embarrassment.
- 這個(gè)話題讓她難堪得坐立不安。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. His dazed eyes stare at the eels, which still writhe and entwine.
- 他茫然地盯著仍在翻滾纏繞的鰻魚。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. Though the thought made her writhe, there was nothing she could do about it.
- "盡管她一想起這句話就痛心, 可是也毫無(wú)辦法.
來(lái)自飄(部分)
- 4. While you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell.
- 當(dāng)你得到安息的時(shí)候,我還要受折磨.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails!
- 蟲(chóng)子越受苦, 我就越想碾碎它們.
來(lái)自辭典例句