wry

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Distortion. regional
动词 v.
  1. To turn (away); to swerve or deviate. intransitive,obsolete
    — God pricketh them of his great goodness still. And the grief of this great pang pincheth them at the heart, and of wickedness they wry away.
  2. To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide. obsolete,transitive
  3. To divert; to cause to turn away. obsolete,transitive
  4. To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.). transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
    — '"Why, you snivelling, wry-faced, puny villain," gasped old Lobbs.
  2. Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic, usually in a way that suggests acknowledgement of a problem or difficult situation.
    — "[T]he master says a wry word now and then; and so ye let your spirits go down, don't ye see, and all sorts o' fancies comes into your head."
  3. Twisted, bent, crooked.
  4. Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
    — Catherine hath made a wry stitch in her broidery, when she was thinking of something else than her work.

词形变化

wrier comparative wryer comparative wriest superlative wryest superlative wries present,singular,third-person wrying participle,present wried participle,past wried past wries present,singular,third-person wrying participle,present wried participle,past wried past

词汇关系

衍生词
awry wry-billed plover wryly go awry

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wrien, from Old English wrīġian (“to go, turn, twist, bend, strive, struggle, press forward, endeavor, venture”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Compare awry, wriggle.
词源 2
From Middle English wryen, wrien, wreon, wrihen, from Old English wrēon (“to cover, clothe, envelop”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīhan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīhaną (“to wrap, cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”).
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