| 词汇 | wring |
| 释义 | wring 3 ENTRIES FOUND: wring (verb) hand-wringing (noun) neck (noun) wring /ˈrɪŋ/ verb wrings; wrung /ˈrʌŋ/ ; wringing /ˈrɪŋɪŋ/ wring /ˈrɪŋ/ verb wrings; wrung /ˈrʌŋ/ ; wringing /ˈrɪŋɪŋ/ Learner's definition of WRING [+ object] 1 : to twist and squeeze (wet cloth, hair, etc.) to remove water拧出；挤（湿布、湿头发等上的水） I wrung the towel and hung it up to dry.我拧掉毛巾里的水，然后把它挂起来晾干。 I wrung my hair and wrapped it in a towel.我挤干头发上的水，然后用毛巾把头发包起来。 The rag was wrung dry. [=squeezed until almost all of the liquid was gone]这块抹布拧干了。 — often + out wring a sponge out挤干海绵里的水 I wrung out my wet bathing suit.我拧干了我的湿泳衣。 — sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻 She has been wrung dry by bills. [=she has no money left because she used all of it to pay bills]各类账单把她的钱都花光了。 2 : to get (something) out of someone or something with a lot of effort尽力取得；强行索取 — + out of or from They tried to wring [=squeeze] every last dollar of profit out of the failing company.他们试图从这家快要倒闭的公司榨取最后的利润。 I finally managed to wring an apology from her.我终于设法迫使她道歉了。 3 : to twist and break (an animal's neck) in order to kill the animal拧断（动物的脖子） wring a chicken's neck拧断鸡的脖子 wringing wet : very wet湿透的 His clothes were wringing wet from the rain.他的衣服被雨淋得湿透了。 wring someone's neck informal — used to say that you are very angry with someone拧断某人的脖子（指非常愤怒） He makes me so mad! I could wring his neck!他让我气极了！我恨不得把他的脖子扭断！ wring your hands : to twist and rub your hands together because you are nervous or upset（因紧张或不安）绞搓双手 She was wringing her hands and pacing back and forth while waiting for her son to call.她绞搓着双手来回走动，等待儿子的电话。 — see also hand-wringing |
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