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单词 writhed
释义
writhed
past simple and past participle ofwrithe
writhe
verb[I]
uk
/raɪð/us
/raɪð/
to makelargetwistingmovementswith thebody:
Thepainwas sounbearablethat he was writhinginagony.
She was writhingaround/abouton theground.
informal
toexperiencea verydifficultorunpleasantsituationoremotion, such asextremeembarrassment:
He and four othersenatorswere writhing in theglareofunfavourablepublicity.
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(Definition ofwrithedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwrithed

writhed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

From then on the whole organisation had withered andwrithedand produced less and less effective reports.
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Casings wilted like lettuce out of water, as heavy machinerywrithedand twisted into grotesque shapes in the blazing inferno.
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The injured menwrithedand squealed in agony, which seemed to inflame the fury of the police....
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With a loud cry he fell back andwrithedon the floor, then became quiet and motionless.
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Dziekaskiwrithedand screamed before he stopped moving.
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His neck did not break from the fall, and the crowd of 250 spectators watched as hewrithedand slowly suffocated.
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All that night hewrithedin pain and died the next day.
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The caterpillarwrithedand struggled to escape, rolling and unrolling itself, and the wasp had difficulty getting hold of it.
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In the end, the patientwrithed, his chest flayed, arms and legs cut off at the elbows and at the knees.
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Somewrithedin pain on the ground.
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Iwrithedon the floor.
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Elizabethwrithed, screamed and begged as the wood was placed beneath her.
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