writhe英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A contortion. rare
The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot

动词 v.

To twist, wring (something). transitive
To contort (a part of the body). transitive

— Cicero (as I remember) had gotten a custome to wryth his nose, which signifieth a naturall scoffer.
To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted. intransitive

— The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.
To extort. transitive

词形变化

writhes present,singular,third-person writhing participle,present wrothe past writhed past writhen participle,past wrothe participle,past writhed participle,past writhes plural

词汇关系

衍生词

writhingly writhedly writher

词源

词源 1

From Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīþan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to weave, twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”). Cognate with Middle Dutch writen (“to turn, twist”), dialectal German reiden (“to turn, twist, lace”), Danish vride (“to twist”), Swedish vrida (“to turn, twist, wind”), French rider (“to wrinkle, furrow, ruffle”, (< Germanic)). Compare also Lithuanian riēsti (“to unbend, wind, roll”).

词源 2

From Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīþan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to weave, twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”). Cognate with Middle Dutch writen (“to turn, twist”), dialectal German reiden (“to turn, twist, lace”), Danish vride (“to twist”), Swedish vrida (“to turn, twist, wind”), French rider (“to wrinkle, furrow, ruffle”, (< Germanic)). Compare also Lithuanian riēsti (“to unbend, wind, roll”).