wry

C1 FREQ #31338 ★☆☆☆☆

a. 扭歪的, 歪曲的, 歪斜的 v. 扭曲, 扭歪

发音

AU /ɹaɪ/

词形变化

wries 三单 wrying 现在分词 wried 过去式 wried 过去分词 wrier 比较级 wrier wriest wryer wryest wryer 比较级 wriest 最高级 wryest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Distortion.

v.
  1. 1.

    To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.

    不及物 废旧
  2. 2.

    To divert; to cause to turn away.

    废旧 及物
  3. 3.

    To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).

    及物
  4. 1.

    To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.

    废旧 及物
adj. C1
  1. 1.

    Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).

  2. 2.

    Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.

  3. 3.

    Twisted, bent, crooked.

  4. 4.

    Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

dry ironic ironical

近义相关 3

crooked humorous humourous

词源

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.

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