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wring 的过去式和过去分词

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Wrung \Wrung\,
   imp. & p. p. of {Wring}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

wring
     n : a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" [syn: {squeeze}]
     [also: {wrung}]

wring
     v 1: twist and press out of shape [syn: {contort}, {deform}, {distort}]
     2: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's
        hand" [syn: {wrench}]
     3: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money
        from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to
        the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of
        the business by threatening him" [syn: {extort}, {squeeze},
         {rack}, {gouge}]
     4: twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid;
        "wring the towels"
     [also: {wrung}]

wrung
     See {wring}