| 单词 | wry twist |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswry twist b. Deflected from a straight course; inclined or turned to one side. Also in figurative context. wry look, one expressive of displeasure or dislike. So wry twist (of the features). ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > deviating from straight course wrongc1440 swerving1534 wrya1586 wriedc1595 diverted1608 dissilient1656 deviatory1702 out-of-the-waya1732 tangent1787 wide1827 deflected1860 tangential1867 deviative1878 deviating1883 the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > look expressive of displeasure or dislike > [noun] wry looka1586 wry twist1856 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xviii. 330 I take to witnesse the happiest Courtiers that are, whether one wrye looke of their Prince do not sting them more at the heart, than [etc.]. 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. ii. 39 As Tavy..mongst the Woods doth wander, Losing himselfe in many a wry Meander. 1615–6 J. Boys Wks. (1630) 183 If he run in wrie-wayes and bye-wayes, the more his labour. 1719 F. Atterbury Serm. (1734) II. 77 Every wry Step, by which he imagines himself to have declined from the Path of Duty. 1748 W. Cowper Verses written at Bath 28 Flatt'ning the stubborn clod, till cruel time,..on a wry step, Sever'd the strict cohesion. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Contortion Twist; wry motion; flexure. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxx. 258 Here he..said to the stranger, with his wryest twist upon him, ‘Your commands’. 1864 J. C. Geikie Life in Woods v. 75 My eldest brother..had cast many wry looks at the thick logs. 1872 C. Gibbon For King xxii His features gave a wry twist. < as lemmas |
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