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writhe

/rahyth/US // raɪð //UK // (raɪð) //

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Related Words

wiggle蠕动,扭动,蠕变,摇摆squirm蠕动,蠕变,蠕动的,扭动recoil反冲力,后坐力,反冲,后退wince缩手缩脚,畏缩,蜷缩,畏惧twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了jerk混蛋,抽搐,抽搐的人,混混agonize苦恼,苦恼的是,苦恼的distort歪曲,歪曲事实,扭曲,曲解wriggle蠕动,蠕变,蠕动前进,蜿蜒曲折thresh阈值,谷仓,谷粒,谷底struggle奋斗,挣扎,斗争,奋斗目标thrash抽打,抽搐,鞭打,鞭挞suffer遭受,受到影响,遭,受到影响的bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯worm虫子,蜗牛,蠕虫,蜗杆

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    writhed, writh·ing.

    • : to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
    • : to shrink mentally, as in acute discomfort.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    writhed, writh·ing.

    • : to twist or bend out of shape or position; distort; contort.
    • : to twist about, as in pain.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a writhing movement; a twisting of the body, as in pain.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcontort; toss back and forth
Forms: writhed, writhing
Synonyms
recoil反冲力,后坐力,反冲,后退squirm蠕动,蠕变,蠕动的,扭动wiggle蠕动,扭动,蠕变,摇摆wince缩手缩脚,畏缩,蜷缩,畏惧agonize苦恼,苦恼的是,苦恼的bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯distort歪曲,歪曲事实,扭曲,曲解jerk混蛋,抽搐,抽搐的人,混混struggle奋斗,挣扎,斗争,奋斗目标suffer遭受,受到影响,遭,受到影响的thrash抽打,抽搐,鞭打,鞭挞thresh阈值,谷仓,谷粒,谷底twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了worm虫子,蜗牛,蠕虫,蜗杆wriggle蠕动,蠕变,蠕动前进,蜿蜒曲折

Examples

  • The Twomblys, which might appear settled in more sedate company, here writhe and twitch.

  • While the presidential guards let him writhe in pain on the pavement, people came to help him up.

  • He loathed himself for submitting to her cruelty, for it was intentional cruelty—she made him writhe and suffer of set purpose.

  • Mrs. Prentice eyed him in a way that would have made a person with a thinner skin writhe a little.

  • For a time, the South Wind watched them writhe and twist and try to throw each other to the ground.

  • He had got under the armor of his enemy at last, and he could feel him wince and writhe at each thrust that he drove home.

  • Shall the gazer who would read the secrets of the stars turn because under his feet a worm may writhe?

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