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单词 twist someone's arm
释义

arm1 /ärm/

noun
  1. The human forelimb from shoulder to hand
  2. An upper limb in other bipedal mammals
  3. A similar member in other animals, eg a tentacle
  4. A narrow projecting part
  5. An inlet
  6. A branch
  7. A subdivision of a large company, organization, etc, esp one specializing in a certain area, service or resource
  8. A rail or support for the arm, eg on a chair
  9. (in clothing) a sleeve
  10. Power (figurative)
  11. Ability to throw (sport)
transitive verb (obsolete)
  1. To take in the arms
  2. To conduct arm in arm
ORIGIN: OE arm (earm); cognate with L armus the shoulder joint, and with Gr harmos a joint

armed adjective

(usu in compounds) having an arm or arms, as in one-armed

armˈful noun (pl armˈfuls)

armˈless adjective

armˈlet noun

  1. A little arm
  2. A ring or band round the arm

armˈband noun

  1. A band of cloth worn round the sleeve
  2. An inflatable plastic cuff worn on the upper arm as a buoyancy aid

arm candy noun (informal)

Someone who is invited as a partner to a social event more to add to the glamour of the occasion than for his or her sparkling conversational skills

armˈchair noun

A chair with arms

adjective

  1. Amateur
  2. Stay-at-home
  3. Doctrinaire, theoretical
  4. Conducted from (the security or comfort of) home
  5. Comfortable

armˈ-chancing noun and adjective see chance one's arm under chance

armˈhole noun

The hole in a garment through which the arm is put

armˈlock noun (in wrestling, etc; also figurative)

A hold by the arms (also transitive verb)

armˈpit noun

The hollow under the shoulder

armˈrest noun

The arm of a chair

arm wrestling noun

A test of strength whereby two people with their elbows resting on a flat surface each grip the other's hand and try to force it down until the arm touches the surface

arm in arm

With arms interlinked

as long as one's arm

(of a list, etc) extremely long

at arm's length

  1. At a distance (lit and figurative)
  2. Not showing friendliness or familiarity but careful detachment
  3. (of negotiations, etc) in which each party preserves its independent ability to bargain (armsˈ-length adjective, eg in shareholding, having broad and ultimate control, without involvement in policy decisions, etc)

cost an arm and a leg (informal)

To be prohibitively expensive

give one's right arm

To give or do anything in one's power

in arms

  1. Carried as a child
  2. (of a child) young enough for this

put the arm on (N Am inf)

To try to coerce

right arm

Someone's main support or assistant

secular arm

The civil authority, as opposed to the spiritual or ecclesiastical

the long arm of the law

The far-reaching power and influence of the law, esp the police force

twist someone's arm see under twist

within (or in) arm's reach

Able to be reached easily, ie from where one is sitting

with open arms

With a hearty welcome

twist /twist/

transitive verb
  1. To twine
  2. To unite or form by winding together
  3. To form from several threads
  4. To wind spirally
  5. To form into a spiral
  6. To wring
  7. To wrest
  8. To distort
  9. To force, pull out of natural shape, position, etc
  10. To entangle
  11. To impart a spin to
  12. To force round
  13. To eat heartily (often with down; old slang)
  14. To pervert, warp
  15. To swindle (informal)
intransitive verb
  1. To twine
  2. To coil
  3. To move spirally or tortuously
  4. To turn aside
  5. To revolve
  6. To writhe
  7. To dance the twist
  8. In the card game vingt-et-un (pontoon), to deal or receive a card face upwards
noun
  1. That which is twisted or formed by twisting
  2. A cord
  3. A strand
  4. Thread
  5. Silk thread
  6. Warp yarn
  7. A twisted part
  8. Torsion
  9. An act or manner of twisting
  10. A contortion
  11. A wrench
  12. A wresting
  13. A turning aside
  14. A spin, screw, or break
  15. A distortion
  16. A perverted bent or set
  17. An unexpected event or change of direction (lit and figurative)
  18. A tangle
  19. A twisted roll of tobacco or bread
  20. A small curled piece of lemon, etc flavouring a drink
  21. A spiral ornament in the stem of a glass
  22. A twig (obsolete)
  23. The fork of the body (obsolete)
  24. A mixed drink (slang)
  25. A good appetite (slang)
ORIGIN: OE twist rope (found in the compound mæst-twist a stay)

twistˈable adjective

twistˈed adjective

twistˈer noun

  1. Someone or something that twists
  2. Someone who dances the twist
  3. A sophistical, slippery, shuffling or dishonest person
  4. A ball sent with a twist
  5. A tornado (N American informal)

twistˈing noun and adjective

twistˈy adjective

twist drill noun

A drill for metal having one or more deep helical grooves round the body

twisted pair noun (computing and telecommunications)

A pair of electrically-insulated wires twisted together to form a single cable to improve signal transmission

twist grip noun

A control operated by twisting, eg the throttle on a motorcycle

twistˈ-off adjective

(of a lid, top, etc) able to be removed by twisting, and so not requiring a special opening device

round the twist (informal)

Crazy, mad

the twist

A dance which became popular in 1962, in which the dancer constantly twists the body

twist someone round one's little finger see under finger

twist someone's arm

To persuade someone, esp forcefully
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