wringer

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n. 绞扭的人, 绞拧机, 勒索者 [法] 勒索者, 强夺者, 令人心力交困的事

发音

AU /ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/

词形变化

wringers 复数 wringers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who wrings.

  2. 2.

    One who wrings.

    One who uses a wringer (machine).

  3. 3.

    A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).

  4. 4.

    Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

clothes dryer clothes drier

相关短语

put through the wringer get one's tits in a wringer puts through the wringer putting through the wringer gets one's tits in a wringer getting one's tits in a wringer got one's tits in a wringer gotten one's tits in a wringer

词源

From Middle English wringere, equivalent to wring + -er.

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