jp|0# ) 033 twist: She wrenched her knee when she fell MSkmnmmmmVjT o 3 ~ sth
(from sb) I ~ (at) sth (formal) to make
sb feel great pain or unhappiness, especially so that they make a sound or
cryM^, ) : [VN] His
words
wrenched a sob from her. fill Eft t#.ft ft iij#
iiLi& Mo o [V] Her
words wrenched at my heart MEfti§ i&U&'L'MTI Wl* 0 a
wrenching experience grftfftl§f?j
—
see also gut-wrenching
mnoun 1 (especially
NAmE) (BrE usually span-ner) [C] a
metal tool with a specially shaped end for holding and turning things,
including one which can be adjusted to fit objects of different sizes, also
called a monkey wrench or an adjustable spanner Wl ^ ;
M
—
picture o tool
2 [sing.] pain or unhappiness that
you feel when you have
to leave a person or place that you love ( &8!l£ft ) ftjg;: Leaving home was a
terrible wrench
for me. ft ft A M ft % ft
ftftft M ft (ft
3 [C, usually sing.] a sudden and violent twist or pull S£H;
Sfti: She stumbled and gave her ankle a painful wrench. EOT throw a
'wrench in/into sth (NAmE, informal) = throw a MONKEY
WRENCH IN/lNTO STH at MONKEY WRENCH wrest /rest/ verb fillEM
'wrest sth from sb/sth (formal)
1
to take sth such as power or control from
sb/sth with
great effort Jf ) : They
attempted to
wrest control
of the town from government forces.
2
to take
sth from sb that they
do not want to give, suddenly or violently , ft ( $5 $, ) 033 wrench : He wrested
the gun from my grasp.
wres tle /'resl/ verb 1 ~ (with sb) to
fight sb by holding them and trying to throw or force them to the ground,
sometimes as a sport :
[V] As a boy he had boxed and wrestled, life ft
(ft Bt X ft ft # X ft W 0
0 Armed guards wrestled with the intruder. fjf ft. fe] A #
ffl ft 35 A o 0 [VN]
Shoppers wrestled the raider to the ground. Ajejt®J#ftfijfti&Ao 2 ~ (with sth) to
struggle to deal with sth
that is difficult ^fj
ft ft; ^ ft&BI; ftfi033
the controls as the
plane plunged. X ft ft T ft ft,
0 [V to inf]
She has been wrestling to raise the money all year. tub
m&o [also VN]
wrest-ler /'resla(r)/ noun a person who takes part
in the sport of wrestling M
wrest ling /'resliq/
noun [U] a sport in which two people fight by
holding each other and trying to throw or force the other one to the ground wretch /retJ/ noun 1 a person that you
feel sympathy or pity for ft^#jA; ft#(Hj A: a poor wretch ft#(tfjA
2
(often humorous) an evil,
unpleasant or annoying person im; Mi; MIA#
wretch-ed /'retfid/ adj.
1 (of a person A) feeling ill/ sick or unhappy [ifi] ft ftit'l&frft You
look wretched—what’s
wrong? %35 A Us Hi (ft,
A i®? 0 I felt
wretched about the way things had turned out. 2
(formal)
extremely bad or unpleasant
ft ft #J ; HT?1
awful: She had
a wretched time of it at school. ft (ft 0 0 The animals are kept in the most
wretched
conditions, J ta] #
^17 ft ^ <>
3
(formal)
making you feel sympathy or pity ft (ft; A '|# if) PiTTl pitiful : She finally agreed to have the
wretched animal put down.
^(fts/j^ftl 4 [only before noun] (informal) used
to
show that you think
that sb/sth is extremely annoying ( A&W&fft:
Is it that wretched
woman again? ► wretched-ly
adv. wretch-edness
noun [U] wrig gle /'rigl/ verb, noun
m verb 1 ~ (about/around)
to twist and turn your body or part of it with quick short movements ; jJLA
fflA 033 wiggle: [V] The baby was
wriggling around on my lap. §J JL £ i® ± ft A M A 0 o [VN] She
wriggled her toes. Mft/ftilPffih 2 [usually +adv./prep.] to move somewhere by twisting and turning your
body
or part of it 033 squirm:
[V] The
fish wriggled out of my fingers. 2}P#rji.M. ft-MliSATo o
[V-ADJ] She managed to wriggle free. & ffl # #
Ift 7. o [VN] They wriggled
their way through the tunnel. #, f].ft if
ft1 M ff «,
u:i;kVi .wriggle out of sth/out of doing sth (informal, disapproving) to avoid doing sth that you should do, especially by
thinking of clever excuses Sift ft#, ilill ( ft M (ft ft ) : He tried
desperately to wriggle out of giving a clear answer. ft/fin
"ft 0^ Ufa W
a noun [usually sing.] an act of wriggling JRzjfj;
She
wrung out her clothes.
wring /rir)/ verb (wrung, wrung /rAr)/) [VN] 1 ~ sth (out) to twist and squeeze clothes,
etc. in order to get the water out of them ft, gt, jfih, %ttti ( )
2 if you wring a bird’s neck, you twist it in order to kill the bird
jf, ) fM .wring
sb’s 'hand to squeeze sb’s hand very tightly when you shake hands ( ) $§'!![■■■ .wring your ‘hands
to hold your hands together, and twist and squeeze them in a way that
shows you are anxious or upset, especially when you cannot change the situation
( XIb ftMMt® ) .wring sb’s 'neck
(informal) when you say that you will wring sb’s
neck, you mean
that you are very angry or annoyed with them (
IhllhPi 'wring sth from/out of sb to obtain sth from sb with
difficulty, especially by putting pressure on them 'M.-h 033 extract
wring-er /’rirj0(r)/ noun = mangle n.
iTTTTn go through the 'wringer (informal) to have a difficult or unpleasant experience, or a series of them 3^11
ft; ffj^lft .wringing 'wet adj. (especially of clothes AttAM)
very wetMlft; Mtgft*7jC|ft
He
wrinkled his forehead.
wrin kle /'rirjkl/
noun, verb
m noun
1 a line or small fold in your skin, especially on your face, that forms as you
get older ( A fa A (ft,) There
were fine wrinkles around her eyes.
± thil TMMtXo 2 [usually pi.] a small fold that you do not
want in a piece of cloth or paper ( Jc£ft±(ft ) fi§, 023 crease
a verb 1 ~ (sth) (up) to make the skin on your face form