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wry-necked

/rahy-nekt/US // ˈraɪˌnɛkt //

哭丧着脸,哭丧着脸的,歪脖子,哭丧着脸的人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : having torticollis.

Examples

  • He's so white he's almost mock-white, and so are his jerky, long-necked, mechanical-man movements.

  • She wore a sea-green, V-necked frock with a modest hint of cleavage.

  • Making sense of her life on the page, deploying raw emotion alongside humor and wry mischief, has long been a Bechdel pursuit.

  • "It doesn't do to play the young man," Armani said, regarding Renzi's choice to wear open-necked shirts.

  • The deep-necked T-shirt is a dangerous item of clothing for a man.

  • Gwynne made a wry face as he sat down before the dressing-table that he might reflect his visage while he brushed his hair.

  • She was dressed in a high-necked dress of black lace, and wore in her corsage a large circular ornament of diamonds and emeralds.

  • The landlady, clad in a low-necked black dress with long sweeping train, was typical of many we saw in the old-country hotels.

  • Janet made a wry face and with the greatest care eased herself into a chair piled with cushions.

  • She undid it, freed her thin shoulders, and saw herself a bride in low-necked satin, walking down an aisle with Lucius Harney.