单词 | wried |
释义 | wriedadj. 1. Turned aside; deflected, diverted. 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 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxxv. 15 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 217 A vaine deceiuer, Whose wryed footing not aright directed Wandreth in error. 2. That has undergone contortion or twisting; writhed, contorted. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > of or relating to distortion > distorted wrongwende?c1225 writhenc1475 thrawnc1494 tort1513 encrampised1523 wry1552 thraw?1553 contort1570 wried1576 writhed1578 turned1585 distort1588 tortured1603 wrested1609 contorted1622 distorted1635 twisted1830 wreathed1844 gnarled1851 squinched1899 contortioned1922 pretzelled1938 1576 A. Hall Acct. Quarrell (1816) I. 100 His colour..crymson, his eyes fyry, his visage wryed unnaturally. 1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd ii. sig. D4 Vsing their wryed countenances in stead of a vice, to turne [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. Xx3v The Quoiter..who stands wryed in a Gesture ready to deliver. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xxiii. 656 A silver cup That crookt and wryed was about the brim. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. ix. 160 There he lay along, his thick neck wryed and twisted, and sleep, the tamer strong, held him. 1891 R. Kipling Life's Handicap 106 His mouth was wried with agony. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1576 |
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