wry  /r'ɑɪ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  wry
  (a.)扭歪的,歪曲的,歪斜的(vt.)(vi.)扭曲,扭歪

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

  Wry \Wry\, v. t. [AS. wre['o]n.]
     To cover. [Obs.]
  
           Wrie you in that mantle.                 --Chaucer.

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

  Wry \Wry\, a. [Compar. {Wrier}; superl. {Wriest}.] [Akin to OE.
     wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to
     drive.]
     1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
  
     2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected;
        out of place; as, wry words.
  
              Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who
              never take up an old idea without some extravagance
              in its application.                   --Landor.
  
     3. Wrested; perverted.
  
              He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
                                                    --Atterbury.
  
     {Wry face}, a distortion of the countenance indicating
        impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.

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

  Wry \Wry\, v. i.
     1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
  
     2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to
        turn side; to swerve.
  
              This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. --Chaucer.
  
              How many Must murder wives much better than
              themselves For wrying but a little!   --Shak.

資料來源(5): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Wry \Wry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Wrying}.] [OE. wrien. See {Wry}, a.]
     To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. --Sir P.
     Sidney.
  
           Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's
           neck were wried.                         --R. Browning.

資料來源(6): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  wry
       adj 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
              remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely";
              "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry
              Scottish wit" [syn: {dry}, {ironic}, {ironical}]
       2: bent to one side; "a wry neck"
       3: disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking;
          "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all
          great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to
          be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman
          [syn: {sardonic}]
       [also: {wried}, {wryest}, {wryer}, {wriest}, {wrier}]