wring
擰乾·焦急地絞扭雙手·費力取得
wring 的過去式是 wrung
She wrings out the wet towel before hanging it outside.
她把濕毛巾擰乾，再掛到外面。
一個畫面：扭絞擠出
擰出水分扭轉擠壓物品以排出液體。
焦急絞手因焦慮而扭絞雙手。
費力取得以壓力或努力取得事物。
義項
擰出水分B2verb擰乾
She wrings out the wet towel before hanging it outside.
她把濕毛巾擰乾，再掛到外面。
wring a wet towelwring out a towel
焦急絞手B2verb焦急地絞扭雙手
He wrings his hands while waiting for news of his family.
他等候家人消息時，焦急地絞扭雙手。
wring his hands
費力取得B2verb費力取得
The reporter managed to wring an answer from the unwilling official.
記者設法從不願回答的官員那裡問出答案。
wring an answer
片語
wring out毛巾擰乾 →擰出水分
wring your hands雙手扭絞 →焦急地絞扭雙手
你會不會這樣說？
Even after two hours, the police could not ___ one word from the man who would not talk. (wring / wrap)
看答案
wring
wring 指費力從人身上問出話；wrap 是包起來，不接 from。
字族
wringer 擰乾器