writhe
英[ra?e]
美
- vi. 翻滾；蠕動
- vt. 扭曲；扭動
- n. 翻滾；扭動；苦惱
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?writhes;過去式:?writhed;過去分詞:?writhed;現在分詞:?writhing;
助記提示
1. see wrench.
中文詞源
writhe 扭曲
來自PIE*wer,彎，轉，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.
雙語例句
- 1. The subject makes her writhe with embarrassment.
- 這個話題讓她難堪得坐立不安。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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, 可是也毫無辦法.
來自飄（部分）
- 4. While you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell.
- 當你得到安息的時候,我還要受折磨.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails!
- 蟲子越受苦, 我就越想碾碎它們.
來自辭典例句