writhe
- IPA[rʌɪð]
英式
- make twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body;respond with great emotional or physical discomfort to (an intense or unpleasant feeling or thought)
verb: writhe, 3rd person present: writhes, gerund or present participle: writhing, past tense: writhed, past participle: writhed
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. make twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body he writhed in agony on the ground a snake writhing its body
- ▪ respond with great emotional or physical discomfort to (an intense or unpleasant feeling or thought) she bit her lip, writhing in suppressed fury
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- IPA[rīT͟H]
美式
- make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body: he writhed in agony on the ground a snake writhing its body
Oxford American Dictionary