writhe
verb /raɪð/
/raɪð/
[intransitive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they writhe | /raɪð/ /raɪð/ |
| he / she / it writhes | /raɪðz/ /raɪðz/ |
| past simple writhed | /raɪðd/ /raɪðd/ |
| past participle writhed | /raɪðd/ /raɪðd/ |
| -ing form writhing | /ˈraɪðɪŋ/ /ˈraɪðɪŋ/ |
- writhe (about/around) (in/with something) to twist or move your body without stopping, often because you are in great pain
（常指因剧痛不停地）扭动，翻滚 - She was writhing around on the floor in agony.
她痛得在地板上直打滚。 - The snake writhed and hissed.
那蛇蠕动着，发出嘶嘶的声音。 - (figurative) He was writhing (= suffering a lot) with embarrassment.
他难堪得无地自容。
- She was writhing in agony.
她痛苦得扭动着身子。 - The dog writhed with pain in the dust.
那只狗痛得在尘土中打滚。
Collocations DictionaryWrithe is used with these nouns as the subject:- worm
词源Old English wrīthan ‘make into coils, plait, fasten with a cord’, of Germanic origin; related to wreathe. - She was writhing around on the floor in agony.