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writhe 音标拼音: [r'ɪθ] n. 翻腾,苦恼
vt. 扭曲,缠绕,翻腾
vi. 蠕动,扭动,翻滚,不安,苦恼 翻腾,苦恼扭曲,缠绕,翻腾蠕动,扭动,翻滚,不安,苦恼 writhe v 1: 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" [ synonym: { writhe}, { wrestle}, { wriggle}, { worm}, { squirm}, { twist}] Writhe \ Writhe\, v. i. To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster] After every attempt, he felt that he had failed, and writhed with shame and vexation. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster]
Writhe \ Writhe\, v. t. [ imp. { Writhed}; p. p. { Writhed}, Obs. or Poetic { Writhen}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Writhing}.] [ OE. writhen, AS. wr[ imac]? an to twist; akin to OHG. r[ imac] dan, Icel. r[ imac]? a, Sw. vrida, Dan. vride. Cf. { Wreathe}, { Wrest}, { Wroth}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring. " With writhing [ turning] of a pin." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Her mouth she writhed, her forehead taught to frown. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] His battle- writhen arms, and mighty hands. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert. [ 1913 Webster] The reason which he yieldeth showeth the least part of his meaning to be that whereunto his words are writhed. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To extort; to wring; to wrest. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] The nobility hesitated not to follow the example of their sovereign in writhing money from them by every species of oppression. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for " writhe": ache, agonize, ail, anguish, bend, blanch, bleed, blench, buckle, contort, crook, crumple, distort, feel pain, feel the pangs, fidget, flinch, flip out, flutter, freak out on, get high on, glow, gnarl, go hard with, go pitapat, grimace, have a misery, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, hurt, jerk, knot, palpitate, pant, pound, quake, quaver, quiver, recoil, screw, shake, shiver, shoot, shrink, smart, spring, squiggle, squirm, suffer, suffer anguish, swell, swell with emotion, thrash, thrill, thrill to, throb, tingle, tingle with excitement, toss, toss and turn, tremble, tumble, turn, turn awry, turn on to, twinge, twist, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, wag, waggle, warp, wiggle, wince, worm, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring
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