n. 扭绞, 拧, 挤

vt. 拧, 绞, 扭, 勒索, 折磨, 使痛苦

vi. 蠕动, 扭动, 绞, 扭, 感到痛苦

[法] 勒索, 强索, 榨出

Wring \Wring\, v. i.
To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.

'T is all men's office to speak patience
To those that wring under the load of sorrow. --Shak.

Look where the sister of the king of France
Sits wringing of her hands, and beats her breast.
--Marlowe.


Wring \Wring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrung}, Obs. {Wringed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Wringing}.] [OE. wringen, AS. wringan; akin to
LG. & D. wringen, OHG. ringan to struggle, G. ringen, Sw.
vr["a]nga to distort, Dan. vringle to twist. Cf. {Wrangle},
{Wrench}, {Wrong}.]
1. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence;
to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes
in washing. ``Earnestly wringing Waverley's hand.'' --Sir
W. Scott. ``Wring him by the nose.'' --Shak.

[His steed] so sweat that men might him wring.
--Chaucer.

The king began to find where his shoe did wring him.
--Bacon.

The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar,
and wring off his head. --Lev. i. 15.

2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.

Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait
fortune. --Clarendon.

Didst thou taste but half the griefs
That wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus
coldly. --Addison.

3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.

How dare men thus wring the Scriptures? --Whitgift.

4. To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to
squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by
violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually
with out or form.

Your overkindness doth wring tears from me. --Shak.

He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the
fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the
fleece. --Judg. vi.
38.

5. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order
to enforce compliance.

To wring the widow from her 'customed right. --Shak.

The merchant adventures have been often wronged and
wringed to the quick. --Hayward.

6. (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to
wring a mast.


Wring \Wring\, n.
A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping. [Obs.]
--Bp. Hall.