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词汇 writhe
释义 writhe
verb[ I ]
uk /raɪð/ us /raɪð/
to make large twisting movements with the body: 扭动;蠕动
The pain was so unbearable that he was writhing in agony.疼痛实在是难以忍受,他痛苦地扭动着身体。
She was writhing around/about on the ground.她在地上打滚。
informal
to experience a very difficult or unpleasant situation or emotion, such as extreme embarrassment: 痛苦不安,难堪
He and four other senators were writhing in the glare of unfavourable publicity.他和其他4位参议员因负面曝光而十分难堪。
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swoopy
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wrap
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wriggle
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writhe | American Dictionary


writhe
verb[ I ]
us/rɑɪð/
to make twisting movements with the body, esp. because you are feeling strong emotion:
He writhed in agony at the thought.

Examples of writhe


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The writhing serpent passing through this item is clearly not par t of the static ceremonial bar.
We see a world writhing, as it were, in a purgatory of its own making.
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We see the world writhing as it were in a purgatory of its own making.
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Surely our country, viewed from the air, will look like a series of writhing, intertwined snakes.
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The police did not believe that she was epileptic, as she had not been writhing on the floor.
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In other words, the baby is writhing in agony during those procedures.
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From then on the whole organisation had withered and writhed and produced less and less effective reports.
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As the victim writhes to death, he is watched by brother officers.
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He spoke about these animals, attractive little creatures—indeed they are—writhing in agony.
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There are other tests, known as writhing tests, in which the purpose is simply to count the number of times an animal writhes in pain before it dies.
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They have torn wealth from the ground, which is now writhing, upturning and subsiding, with houses looking as if they had been out on the spree.
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Prostaglandins require the baby to be brought on through a labour that can go on for hours, and it can be left writhing in agony as a result.
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They are laws which are not like domestic laws, which may stay the same, but inter-act on the changing laws of other countries and are a constantly writhing tangle.
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You will have seen the tight lips, the beady eyes, the sharp questions, the writhing of the victim in the chair—the breath and air of totalitarianism.
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Why is that other writhing in agony?
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