wring 音标拼音: [r'ɪŋ]
n . 扭绞,拧,挤,榨
vt . 拧,绞,扭,榨取,勒索,折磨,使痛苦
vi . 蠕动,扭动,绞,扭
扭绞,拧,挤,榨拧,绞,扭,榨取,勒索,折磨,使痛苦蠕动,扭动,绞,扭
wring n 1 :
a twisting squeeze ; "
gave the wet cloth a wring " [
synonym :
{
squeeze }, {
wring }]
v 1 :
twist and press out of shape [
synonym : {
contort }, {
deform },
{
distort }, {
wring }]
2 :
twist and compress ,
as if in pain or anguish ; "
Wring one '
s hand " [
synonym : {
wring }, {
wrench }]
3 :
obtain by coercion or intimidation ; "
They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss "; "
They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him " [
synonym : {
extort }, {
squeeze },
{
rack }, {
gouge }, {
wring }]
4 :
twist ,
squeeze ,
or compress in order to extract liquid ;
"
wring the towels "
Wring \
Wring \,
v .
i .
To writhe ;
to twist ,
as with anguish .
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'
T is all men '
s office to speak patience To those that wring under the load of sorrow . --
Shak .
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Look where the sister of the king of France Sits wringing of her hands ,
and beats her breast .
--
Marlowe .
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Wring \
Wring \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Wrung },
Obs . {
Wringed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Wringing }.] [
OE .
wringen ,
AS .
wringan ;
akin to LG . &
D .
wringen ,
OHG .
ringan to struggle ,
G .
ringen ,
Sw .
vr [
aum ]
nga to distort ,
Dan .
vringle to twist .
Cf . {
Wrangle },
{
Wrench }, {
Wrong }.]
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1 .
To twist and compress ;
to turn and strain with violence ;
to writhe ;
to squeeze hard ;
to pinch ;
as ,
to wring clothes in washing . "
Earnestly wringing Waverley '
s hand ." --
Sir W .
Scott . "
Wring him by the nose ." --
Shak .
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[
His steed ]
so sweat that men might him wring .
--
Chaucer .
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The king began to find where his shoe did wring him .
--
Bacon .
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The priest shall bring it [
a dove ]
unto the altar ,
and wring off his head . --
Lev .
i .
15 .
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2 .
Hence ,
to pain ;
to distress ;
to torment ;
to torture .
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Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait fortune . --
Clarendon .
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Didst thou taste but half the griefs That wring my soul ,
thou couldst not talk thus coldly . --
Addison .
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3 .
To distort ;
to pervert ;
to wrest .
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How dare men thus wring the Scriptures ? --
Whitgift .
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4 .
To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing ;
to squeeze or press (
out );
hence ,
to extort ;
to draw forth by violence ,
or against resistance or repugnance ; --
usually with out or form .
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Your overkindness doth wring tears from me . --
Shak .
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He rose up early on the morrow ,
and thrust the fleece together ,
and wringed the dew out of the fleece . --
Judg .
vi .
38 .
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5 .
To subject to extortion ;
to afflict ,
or oppress ,
in order to enforce compliance .
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To wring the widow from her '
customed right . --
Shak .
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The merchant adventures have been often wronged and wringed to the quick . --
Hayward .
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6 . (
Naut .)
To bend or strain out of its position ;
as ,
to wring a mast .
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Wring \
Wring \,
n .
A writhing ,
as in anguish ;
a twisting ;
a griping . [
Obs .]
--
Bp .
Hall .
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146 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wring ":
afflict ,
agonize ,
ail ,
anamorphism ,
anamorphosis ,
asymmetry ,
badger ,
bend ,
bite ,
blackmail ,
bloody ,
buckle ,
burn ,
chafe ,
claim ,
claw ,
concentrate ,
contort ,
contortion ,
convulse ,
corkscrew ,
crinkle ,
crook ,
crookedness ,
crucify ,
crumple ,
cut ,
decoct ,
demand ,
detorsion ,
deviation ,
disproportion ,
distill ,
distort ,
distortion ,
distress ,
essentialize ,
exact ,
exaction ,
excruciate ,
express ,
extort ,
extortion ,
fester ,
force from ,
fret ,
gall ,
give pain ,
gnarl ,
gnaw ,
gouge ,
grate ,
grind ,
gripe ,
harrow ,
hurt ,
imbalance ,
impale ,
inflame ,
inflict pain ,
infuse ,
intort ,
irregularity ,
irritate ,
kill by inches ,
knot ,
lacerate ,
lancinate ,
levy blackmail ,
lopsidedness ,
macerate ,
martyr ,
martyrize ,
meander ,
melt down ,
nip ,
pain ,
pierce ,
pinch ,
press ,
press out ,
prick ,
prolong the agony ,
pry loose from ,
punish ,
put to torture ,
quirk ,
rack ,
rankle ,
rasp ,
refine ,
rend ,
rend from ,
render ,
rending ,
rip ,
rip from ,
ripping ,
rub ,
savage ,
scallop ,
scarify ,
screw ,
serpentine ,
shake down ,
slink ,
snake ,
snatch from ,
soak ,
spring ,
squeeze ,
stab ,
steep ,
sting ,
swirl ,
tear from ,
tearing ,
torment ,
torsion ,
tortuosity ,
torture ,
try ,
turn ,
turn awry ,
tweak ,
twine ,
twirl ,
twist ,
twist and turn ,
unsymmetry ,
warp ,
whirl ,
whorl ,
wind ,
worm ,
wound ,
wrench ,
wrench from ,
wrenching ,
wrest ,
wresting ,
wring from ,
wring out ,
wringing ,
writhe ,
wry
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