Old English wriean (transitive) "to twist or bend," earlier "to bind or fetter," from Proto-Germanic *writhanan (cognates: North Frisian wrial, Old High German ridan, Old Norse riea, Middle Swedish vrita, Middle Danish vride), from PIE *wreit- "to turn, bend" (see wreath). Intransitive, of the body or limbs, "move in a twisting or tortuous manner," from c. 1300. Related: Writhed; writhing.
雙語例句
1. The subject makes her writhe with embarrassment.
這個話題讓她難堪得坐立不安。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His dazed eyes stare at the eels, which still writhe and entwine.
他茫然地盯著仍在翻滾纏繞的鰻魚。
來自辭典例句
3. Though the thought made her writhe, there was nothing she could do about it.
"盡管她一想起這句話就痛心, 可是也毫無辦法.
來自飄（部分）
4. While you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell.
當你得到安息的時候,我還要受折磨.
來自辭典例句
5. The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails!