wring  /r'ɪŋ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  wring
  扭絞,擰,擠,榨(vt.)擰,絞,扭,榨取,勒索,折磨,使痛苦(vi.)蠕動,扭動,絞,扭

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Wring \Wring\, v. i.
     To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
  
           'T is all men's office to speak patience To those that
           wring under the load of sorrow.          --Shak.
  
           Look where the sister of the king of France Sits
           wringing of her hands, and beats her breast. --Marlowe.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Wring \Wring\, n.
     A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping. [Obs.]
     --Bp. Hall.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Wring \Wring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrung}, Obs. {Wringed}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Wringing}.] [OE. wringen, AS. wringan; akin to
     LG. & D. wringen, OHG. ringan to struggle, G. ringen, Sw.
     vr["a]nga to distort, Dan. vringle to twist. Cf. {Wrangle},
     {Wrench}, {Wrong}.]
     1. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence;
        to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes
        in washing. ``Earnestly wringing Waverley's hand.'' --Sir
        W. Scott. ``Wring him by the nose.'' --Shak.
  
              [His steed] so sweat that men might him wring.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
              The king began to find where his shoe did wring him.
                                                    --Bacon.
  
              The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar,
              and wring off his head.               --Lev. i. 15.
  
     2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
  
              Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait
              fortune.                              --Clarendon.
  
              Didst thou taste but half the griefs That wring my
              soul, thou couldst not talk thus coldly. --Addison.
  
     3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
  
              How dare men thus wring the Scriptures? --Whitgift.
  
     4. To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to
        squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by
        violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually
        with out or form.
  
              Your overkindness doth wring tears from me. --Shak.
  
              He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the
              fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the
              fleece.                               --Judg. vi.
                                                    38.
  
     5. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order
        to enforce compliance.
  
              To wring the widow from her 'customed right. --Shak.
  
              The merchant adventures have been often wronged and
              wringed to the quick.                 --Hayward.
  
     6. (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to
        wring a mast.

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  wring
       n : a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" [syn: {squeeze}]
       v 1: twist and press out of shape [syn: {contort}, {deform}, {distort}]
       2: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's
          hand" [syn: {wrench}]
       3: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money
          from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to
          the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of
          the business by threatening him" [syn: {extort}, {squeeze},
           {rack}, {gouge}]
       4: twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid;
          "wring the towels"
       [also: {wrung}]