wring

Các nghĩa

1. vắt

   Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.

   transitive

   I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry.

   […] Protagenes portrai[e]d Venus vvith a ſponge ſprinkled with ſvvéete vvater, but if once ſhe vvrong it, it vvould droppe blood: […]

   [H]e had sometimes wrung a dirty dishcloth into a customer’s soup before taking it in, just to be revenged upon a member of the bourgeoisie.

2. vắt (quần áo ướt)

   To squeeze water (from an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer.

   transitive

   “I feel I’ve been wrung through a wringer,” Maggie said.

3. vắt (nước từ vật ướt)

   Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it.

   also · figuratively · transitive

   Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl.

   And whan he roſe vp early on the morow, he wrãge [wrange] yͤ dew out of the fleſe, and fylled a dyſſhe full of water.

   Heinz could have wrung enough vinegar out of Cally’s look to run his pickle works.

4. vặn, siết chặt

   To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.

   also · figuratively · transitive

   to wring someone’s hand

   to wring the neck of a chicken

   And some I vysyte with brennynge of fyre; / Of some I wrynge of the necke lyke a wyre; […]

5. vặn tay (do đau khổ, buồn phiền)

   To clasp and twist (hands) together due to distress, sorrow, etc.

   also · figuratively · transitive

   to wring one’s hands with worry

   Come you whoſe loues are dead, / And whiles I ſing / Weepe and wring / Euery hand and euery head, […]

   Ah! wherefore doſt thou wring thy tender Hands / In woeful Attitude?

6. vặn, bẻ cong

   To bend or strain (something) out of its position; to wrench, to wrest.

   transitive

   to wring a mast

   Why, he wrong a club / Once in a fray out of the hande of Belzebub.

   And the Prieſt ſhall bring it [a dove] vnto the altar, and wring off his head, and burne it on the altar: […]

Dạng khác

• wrings present, singular, third-person
• wringing participle, present
• wrung participle, past
• wrang archaic, dialectal, participle, past
• wringed participle, past, rare

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