单词 | wring |
释义 | wring (once / 498 pages) nv To wring something is to twist or squeeze it, usually out of its original shape. If you annoy someone enough, they might threaten to wring your neck. If you do laundry by hand, then you most likely wring out your shirts to get rid of excess water before hanging them out to dry. You can also wring out someone's hair after washing it. As you can tell, the word often has to do with getting liquids out of something. You might wring tears out of a person's eyes if you tell him the sad story of the day you lost your puppy. WORD FAMILYwring: wringed, wringer, wringing, wrings, wrung+/wringer: wringers USAGE EXAMPLESSome nefarious entrepreneurs will try to wring profit from this sense of powerlessness. Time(Dec 08, 2016) But little actual drama — as measured by a vigorous tussle between competing viewpoints — is wrung from them. Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) Pursglove could lose by winning: If her husband went into hiding, it would be hard to wring money out of him. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1n a twisting squeeze gave the wet cloth a wring Syn|Hyper squeeze motion, movement a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something 2v twist and press out of shape Syn|Hypo|Hyper contort, deform, distort wrench twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish morph change shape as via computer animation distort, twine, twist form into a spiral shape 3v twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid wring the towels Syn|Hyper contort, deform, distort twist and press out of shape crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition 4v twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish Wring one's hand Syn|Hyper wrench contort, deform, distort twist and press out of shape distort, twine, twist form into a spiral shape 5v obtain by coercion or intimidation Syn|Hypo|Hyper extort, gouge, rack, squeeze bleed get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge rip off; ask an unreasonable price |
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