writhe

英 [raɪð]

美 [raɪð]

v.  (常指因剧痛不停地)扭动，翻滚

过去式：writhed　第三人称单数：writhes　复数：writhes　过去分词：writhed　现在分词：writhing　

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Collins.1 / BNC.22822 / COCA.13177

牛津词典

verb

• （常指因剧痛不停地）扭动，翻滚
  to twist or move your body without stopping, often because you are in great pain
  1. She was writhing around on the floor in agony.
     她痛得在地板上直打滚。
  2. The snake writhed and hissed.
     那蛇蠕动着，发出嘶嘶的声音。
  3. He was writhing (= suffering a lot) with embarrassment.
     他难堪得无地自容。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (通常指由于剧痛或不适而)扭动，翻滚
  If youwrithe, your body twists and turns violently backwards and forwards, usually because you are in great pain or discomfort.
  1. He was writhing in agony...
     他痛苦地翻滚着。
  2. The subject makes her writhe with embarrassment...
     这个话题让她难堪得坐立不安。
  3. The shark was writhing around wildly, trying to get free.
     鲨鱼拼命挣扎，试图逃脱。

英英释义

verb

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
  1. The prisoner writhed in discomfort
  2. The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace
  Synonym:wrestlewrigglewormsquirmtwist

双语例句

• Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; gaza also, and it will writhe much in anguish; and ekron, for her expectation will have been confounded.
  亚实基伦看见必惧怕；迦萨看见必甚痛苦；以革伦因失了盼望蒙羞。
• He was writhing in agony
  他痛苦地翻滚着。
• Equity markets are thus likely to remain jittery for some time, as debt-laden countries and companies continue to writhe in pain.
  因此股市的恐慌可能还会持续一段时间，负债累累的国家和企业将继续在痛苦中挣扎。
• The subject makes her writhe with embarrassment
  这个话题让她难堪得坐立不安。
• But as soon as the thorns on the road worry my feet, I writhe and begin to feel serious misgivings as to the future.
  可是在路上遇到满途荆棘，我又苦恼不安，开始为前途满心担忧起来。
• I generally avoid caffeine after lunchtime but sometimes I wonder if I ought to avoid talking to people in the afternoons, too, for the things they say linger in the mind where they writhe and ferment until night.
  我午后一般不喝含咖啡因的饮料，但有时我怀疑下午是否也应该避免跟人交谈，因为别人说的话会盘踞在我的脑海里，到夜里仍翻腾不休。
• His dazed eyes stare at the eels, which still writhe and entwine
  他茫然地盯着仍在翻滚缠绕的鳗鱼。
• Students writhe under such great pressure.
  学生们因压力过大而苦恼。
• I've come here to writhe upon the blade of my sorrow, to live the thousand deaths by the ancient right of Kings.
  我来此好在痛苦的锋刃上自我惩罚，以古代国王的权力去经历无数死亡。
• Do you tell me that it's decent for men and women on the stage to writhe about like eels?
  你是不是告诉我，在戏台上的男男女女，像鳗鱼般的扭来扭去是合乎体统的吗？