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词汇 writhed
释义 writhed
past simple and past participle ofwrithe
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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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flexion
flexural
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swoopy
tangle
tangled
tangly
wristy
writhe
zigzag

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Examples of writhed


writhed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


From then on the whole organisation had withered and writhed and produced less and less effective reports.
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Casings wilted like lettuce out of water, as heavy machinery writhed and twisted into grotesque shapes in the blazing inferno.
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The injured men writhed and squealed in agony, which seemed to inflame the fury of the police....
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With a loud cry he fell back and writhed on the floor, then became quiet and motionless.
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Dziekaski writhed and screamed before he stopped moving.
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His neck did not break from the fall, and the crowd of 250 spectators watched as he writhed and slowly suffocated.
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All that night he writhed in pain and died the next day.
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The caterpillar writhed and struggled to escape, rolling and unrolling itself, and the wasp had difficulty getting hold of it.
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In the end, the patient writhed, his chest flayed, arms and legs cut off at the elbows and at the knees.
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Some writhed in pain on the ground.
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I writhed on the floor.
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Elizabeth writhed, screamed and begged as the wood was placed beneath her.
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