单词 | to wring out |
释义 | > as lemmasto wring out to wring out 1. To force out (moisture) by or as by twisting; to squeeze out. Also figurative and transferred. Cf. outwring v. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > extract liquid [verb (transitive)] > by pressure or squeezing wringc888 to wring out1340 1340–70 Alisaunder 712 Hee wringes oute þe wet wus. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Phyllis. 2527 To meche truste wel may I pleyne..on ȝoure teris falsely out i-wronge. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xvi. 10 He that was wont to wringe out, schal not wrynge out wyn in a pressour. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 33 Gedeon wronge out the dewe. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 50 Þen grynde tansy, þo iuse owte wrynge. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xlv He that bloweth his nose ouermuche, shall wringe out bloude. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvii. sig. Ff7v With that the fellow..wrang out teares. 1612 S. Rid Art of Iugling sig. E3v So (with a little sponge in your hand) you may wringe out blood or wine. 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 111 A sturdie woman, washing and winding of linnen clothes,..wrings out the water. 1743 R. Blair Grave 19 From stubborn shrubs Thou wrung'st their shy retiring virtues out. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. i. 196 Such return Wrings out the tears from my old wither'd heart. 2. To strain (a wet fabric, etc.) with a twisting motion, so as to press out most of the moisture. Also const. of (the liquid in which the thing has been wetted). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > wring wringc1300 to wring outa1400 wind1624 a1400 [see sense 1a]. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Judges vi. 38 Whanne the flees was wrongun out, he fillide a pot with deew. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 417 [After it has been] so steped xix dayes, Wrynge out the mirte [= myrtle berries] & clense hit. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 23 Wet a long cloth,..wringe it well oute. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. f. 11v We wring out..the thyngs infused. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. ii. ix. 191 With a Compress wrung out as is prescribed. a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 268 Then wring them out of those suds. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. viii. 134 Just help me wring these out, and then I'll take 'em to th' mangle. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 419 A large towel wrung out of cold water. 3. To get or fetch out (something) with a wrenching movement; to wrench or wrest out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > twist out or up to wring outc1420 to wring upc1440 wrestc1450 outtwinea1500 throwa1500 outwrest1590 twine1600 screw1611 to ply out1668 wrench1726 c1420 Wycliffite Bible 2 Sam. xxiii. 21 (Bodl. 296) He wrong out þe spere fro þe hond. 4. To express or bring out with effort. (Cf. 6b.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > with effort to wring out1402 1402 Polit. Poems (Rolls) II. 106 Oft, Dawe, in thi writtyng, thou wryngist out contradiccion. 1831 C. Lamb Newspapers 35 Years Ago in Elia 2nd Ser. We were wringing out coy sprightliness for the [Morning] Post. 5. To obtain or draw (something) from another by pressure, application, or art; to extract, elicit, bring out. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth > forcefully to wring out1560 to strike out1720 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxviijv Of all these thynges can they [sc. merchants] wrynge out [L. elicere] golde & syluer, to the wonderfull losse of people. 1591 J. Lyly Endimion v. iii. sig. I4 Marking..my sighes,..by questions [he] wrunge out that, which was readie to burst out. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xv. v. 228 Let false praise, and wroong out by praiers be restrained. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. v. sig. E2 Present thy guilt, As if twere wrung out with thy conscience gripe. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 90 That which claws away world from about them, would, 'tis like, wring out their Planethood from within them. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism ii. 38 The gratification..is wrung out from the very torments of the heart. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 287 In order to wring out from them the names of their employers. 1879 R. Browning Martin Relph 121 He wrung their pardon out. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] outOE deposec1300 remuec1325 to put out1344 to set downc1369 deprivec1374 outputa1382 removea1382 to throw outa1382 to put downc1384 privea1387 to set adowna1387 to put out of ——?a1400 amovec1425 disappoint1434 unmakec1475 dismiss1477 dispoint1483 voidc1503 to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546 relieve1549 cass1550 displace1553 unauthorize1554 to wring out1560 seclude1572 eject1576 dispost1577 decass1579 overboard1585 cast1587 sequester1587 to put to grass1589 cashier1592 discompose1599 abdicate1610 unseat1611 dismount1612 disoffice1627 to take off1642 unchair1645 destitute1653 lift1659 resign1674 quietus1688 superannuate1692 derange1796 shelve1812 shelf1819 Stellenbosch1900 defenestrate1917 axe1922 retire1961 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clxxiiijv After he had wronge oute [L. eliserat] Mathew Helde..he..placed [another]..in his rome. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 232 In which office he continued, vntill hee was wrung out by Wolsey. < as lemmas |
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