| 词汇 | wringer |
| 释义 | wringer noun[ C ] uk /ˈrɪŋ.ər/ us /ˈrɪŋ.ɚ/(UK alsomangle) a machine used for pressing water out of clothes by putting the clothes between two heavy, smooth, round bars衣物绞干机 ctbctb8/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Straining & filtering devices air filter butter paper charcoal filter coffee filter filter filter bed filter paper funnel greaseproof paper HEPA filter hopper parchment paper salad spinner sieve sifter skimmer strainer tea strainer water filter Idiomsgo through the wringer/put someone through the wringer put someone through the wringer Examples of wringerwringer It tells them to keep their money in their purses and not to buy wringers, dictating machines and motorcycles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There must be an overridingly worthy objective to justify the change and it must justify putting us all through the emotional wringer of this legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to deal with only one aspect of the matter, and that relates to the industry making iron hand-wringers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard of the drive to concentrate all these economies, from hand wringers and such like, into the export drive in motor cars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The poor, hard-working working-class woman will have to pay more for her hand-operated wringer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am joining in the plea for the exemption of the hand wringer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has accused me of being an unreconstructed wet, and has threatened to put me through the wringer to dry me out a bit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But clearly the increase in costs will make the price of hand wringers sold abroad much dearer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thousands of householders are unable to afford electrical appliances to do their laundry, and they find the hand wringer an essential instrument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of the long-term unemployed are being put through a wringer, and that is wholly unacceptable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We could not tolerate a situation in which the constable is put through the wringer of the complaints board while the special constable is not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The entire economy will be put through the wringer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps he does not understand what a wringer is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every aspect of farming—livestock, vegetables or arable—is going through the wringer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, he goes through the wringer twice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of wringer 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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