wring

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ldoce_355_awring /rɪŋ/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp wrung /rʌŋ/) [transitiveT] → ring

1 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]GET to succeed in getting something from someone, but only after a lot of effort 〔从某人处〕费力弄到〔某物〕 SYN squeeze

wring something from/out of somebody

They are always trying to wring additional funds from the government.

他们总想从政府手中搞到更多的资金。

I managed to wring the information out of him.

我想法从他那里弄到了这些信息。

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2. (also wring out)DHCPRESS to tightly twist a wet cloth or wet clothes in order to remove water 把〔湿布或湿衣服〕拧干；绞出〔水〕 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A3 Cleaning 清洁；打扫

3. wring your hands RUBto rub and twist your hands together because you are worried and upset 〔因焦虑不安〕绞扭双手

Examples from the Corpus

wring your hands• "I don't know what else to do, " Dan said, wringing his hands.• Jenny fretted, wrung her hands.• I am not thinking simply of an inventory of the human woes that people wring their hands about.• He wrung his hands in pleasure at her pleasure.• Antoinette wrung her hands inside her daughter's clasp.• He wrings his hands like a fly and clinches his eves at the awful sound of that squeaking.• She was wringing her hands, pulling at her lovely mane of hair.• I remember my father standing over her sickbed, wringing his hands, so afraid of losing another child.• But you can do more than stand around the coffee bar and wring your hands with your co-workers.

4. wring somebody’s hand HOLDto shake hands very firmly with someone 紧紧握住某人的手

5. wring something’s neck TAKILLto kill a small animal by twisting its neck 拧断某只小动物的脖子

6 I’ll wring somebody’s neck spokenTHREATEN used when you are very angry with someone 我要拧断某人的脖子〔用于表示愤怒〕

I’ll wring her neck when I get hold of her!

等我抓到她，我要拧断她的脖子！

Examples from the Corpus

I’ll wring somebody’s neck• When Dean gets home, I'm going to wring his neck.

7 wringing wet WETextremely wet 湿得能拧出水来的，湿淋淋的

This jacket’s wringing wet!

这件上衣湿得都能拧出水来！

Examples from the Corpus

wringing wet• Your clothes are wringing wet.• My three-piece was wringing wet, but eventually I dried it out, and the rest I just bagged together.

Examples from the Corpus

wring• Whether voicing joyful exuberance or piercing heartbreak, she wrings all passion from the moment.• She was wringing her hands, pulling at her lovely mane of hair.• But how to wring new information from a few old pieces of vellum and papyrus?• We were able to wring out our socks in the bathroom sink and dry them under the electric hand dryer.• Sally wrung out the socks and hung them on the towel rack.• This is when those photographs are taken and published with their phoney captions which not unnaturally wring the hearts of the uninitiated.• They don't haunt because they want to wring their hands and wail about something that happened hundreds of years ago.• But you can do more than stand around the coffee bar and wring your hands with your co-workers.

Origin wring

Old English wringan

wring verb

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