| 单词 | wry |
| 释义 | wry —wryly, adv. —wryness, n. /ruy/, adj., wrier, wriest. 1. produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features: a wry grin. 2. abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked: a wry mouth. 3. devious in course or purpose; misdirected. 4. contrary; perverse. 5. distorted or perverted, as in meaning. 6. bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing: a wry remark. [1515-25; adj. use of wry to twist, ME wryen, OE wrigian to go, strive, tend, swerve; c. D wrijgen to twist; akin to OE wrigels, L ricula veil, Gk rhoikós crooked] Syn. 2. awry, askew. Ant. 2. straight. |
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