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单词 to wring out
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to 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.
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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.
in extended use.1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xxxvi Colde aier..is ywronge oute [L. exprimitur] and idrawe to þe vtter parties.
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).
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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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.
6. To expel or depose (a person) from position or office; to thrust out. Obsolete.
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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)]
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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.
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