writhe

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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

• 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。
• 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。
• Students writhe under such great pressure.
  学生们因压力过大而苦恼。
• To writhe or squirm, as in pain. propeller twist
  扭曲因痛苦而扭曲或扭动身体
• 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？
• 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。
• Is it not sufficient for your infernal selfishness, that while you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell? '
  当你得到安息的时候，我却要在地狱的折磨里受煎熬，这还不够使你那狠毒的自私心得到满足吗？
• He was writhing in agony
  他痛苦地翻滚着。
• The subject makes her writhe with embarrassment
  这个话题让她难堪得坐立不安。
• Of course students will writhe under such unjust treatment.
  当然学生会对这样不公正的对待感到不快。