| 词汇 | wring |
| 释义 | wring verb[ T ] uk /rɪŋ/ us /rɪŋ/wrung | wrung to hold something tightly with both hands and twist it by turning your hands in opposite directions拧;绞 (alsowring out) to twist a cloth or piece of clothing with your hands to remove water from it: 拧干，绞干（布或衣服） She wrung out the shirt and hung it out to dry.她拧干衬衫并挂到外面晾干。 wring something's neck to kill a bird or other animal by twisting and breaking its neck: 拧断（鸟或其他动物的）脖子;掐死 I hated doing it but I had to wring their necks or they'd have suffered long, agonising deaths. Bending, twisting and curving arch your back ball up bendy bent bowed distorted distortion entwine flex flexion snakily swirling swirlingly swoopy tangle wrap wrap something around someone/something wriggle wristy writhe IdiomsI'll wring your/his/her neck! wring your hands Phrasal verbwring something from/out of someone wring | American Dictionarywring verb[ T ] us/rɪŋ/past tense and past participlewrungus/rʌŋ/ to twist something by holding it tightly and turning your hands in opposite directions: [ M ]She wrung out the shirt and hung it up to dry. Idiomswring something from someone wring your hands wring someone’s neck Examples of wringwring Measurement of real contact area of wringing gauge block and effect of the area on wringing force. Why did we have to wait for four months for that information to be wrung out of him? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We as a society sat wringing our hands watching the tortuous legal proceedings while they died. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to pluck out the industry which has been specifically selected to have its neck wrung in the spring: the shipbuilding industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My withers are not wrung by that—and for this reason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were wringing their hands in despair when unemployment was half what it is today and saying that something should be done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that he was sorry, wringing his hands in sorrow and saying how bad it was. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My withers were wrung by his speech about financial rectitude and structural efficiency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will be wringing their hands before very long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that the people had wrung their privileges from the monarchs of old. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I plead with him not to leave things as they are, wringing his hands and talking of his reluctance, and of regrettable developments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I accept that that is justified by the manifesto, but my withers are not particularly wrung by the force of that argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He reminded us of how our withers were wrung. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our withers were wrung almost to the point of dislocation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How many are released into the environment, and how many have to have their necks wrung because they are badly damaged by the coursing? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of wring These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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