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Wring Neck I   [V Hands Wet Water Twist

英语单词 wring
英美音标 英 [rɪŋ] 美 [rɪŋ]
中文释义 v.拧;绞出;拧断(脖子);使痛苦;强迫取得
n.扭绞
英语例句 (1) Remember to wring your swimsuit out after you swim.
(2) My socks were so wet that I had to wring them .
(3) I wrung water from my wet bathing suit.
(4) I'll wring your neck if you don't behave.
(5) This is a tale that wring the heart.
(6) He tried to wring a promise from me.
中文例句 (1) 记住游泳过后要把游泳衣拧干。
(2) 我的袜子很湿,我不得不拧干它们。
(3) 我把湿游泳衣的水拧出来。
(4) 你如果不规矩点,我就拧断你的脖子。
(5) 这是个令人心痛的故事。
(6) 他试图强迫我作出承诺。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 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.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]强行取得;逼取 If you wring something out of someone, you manage to make them give it to you even though they do not want to.
  [V n out of/from n]
  • Buyers use different ruses to wring free credit out of their suppliers...

    买主们千方百计想从供货商那儿无息赊购。

  • In this way, he hoped to put pressure on the British and thus to wring concessions from them.

    他希望通过这种方式向英国人施压,从而迫使他们让步。

2
[PHRASE 短语](通常因忧愁、焦虑而)绞扭双手(干叹息) If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
  [V inflects]
  • The Government has got to get a grip. Wringing its hands and saying it is a world problem just isn't good enough.

    政府必须采取切实行动,一味搓着手感叹说这是个全球性问题是远远不够的。

3
[PHRASE 短语]扭断…的脖子(表示非常生某人的气) If you say that you will wring someone's neck or that you would like to wring their neck, you mean that you are very angry or irritated with them.
  [V inflects]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • That crazy Debbie! He could wring her neck for this!...

    黛比那个疯子!他会为这把她的脖子拧断的!

  • I still love you even though I'd like to wring your neck.

    虽然我想掐死你,但我还是爱你的。

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