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writhe in/with [pain, agony, embarrassment]
常用介词 in 或 with 引出痛苦或不适的原因。
He writhed in pain after the injury.
受伤后他痛苦地扭动身体。
扭动；翻滚
writhen — past participle of writhe · irregular form
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
扭动；翻滚
To twist the body around; to contort oneself, especially in pain.
He writhed in pain after the injury.
受伤后他痛苦地扭动身体。
扭曲,拧(某物)
To twist, wring (something).
扭曲(身体部位)
To contort (a part of the body).
身体扭动；扭曲自己；变形
To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.
勒索
To extort.
writhe
Base
原形
writhes
3rd person
第三人称单数
writhing
-ing
现在分词
writhed
Past
过去式
writhed
Past participle
过去分词
He writhes in pain.
他痛苦地扭动。
The snake writhed on the ground.
蛇在地上扭动。
She is writhing with discomfort.
她因不适而扭动。
规则动词
The injured runner lay on the ground, writhing in pain until the ambulance arrived.
受伤的跑步者躺在地上，痛苦地扭动着身体，直到救护车赶到。
The eel writhed out of my hands and slipped back into the river.
那条鳗鱼从我手里扭脱，滑回了河里。
During the long meeting, he writhed uncomfortably on the narrow chair.
在漫长的会议期间，他在窄椅子上不自在地扭来扭去。
常用介词 in 或 with 引出痛苦或不适的原因。
He writhed in pain after the injury.
受伤后他痛苦地扭动身体。
及物用法，宾语常为 body 或具体的身体部位。
The snake writhed its body across the ground.
蛇扭动身体爬过地面。
用于比喻义，表示因尴尬或羞愧而内心痛苦。
She writhed at the memory of her mistake.
想起自己的错误，她感到极度难堪。
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痛得打滚；痛苦地扭动
The injured player was writhing in pain on the field.
受伤的球员在场上痛得打滚。
尴尬得坐立不安；难为情得扭动
She writhed with embarrassment when she forgot her lines on stage.
她在台上忘记台词时，尴尬得坐立不安。
在地上打滚
The fish writhed on the ground, gasping for water.
那条鱼在地上扭动，喘不过气来。
懊恼得直扭动；气恼得坐卧不宁
He writhed in frustration when he couldn't unlock the door.
他打不开门时，懊恼得直扭动。
痛苦地扭动；痛苦地翻滚
The injured player lay on the ground, writhing in agony.
受伤的球员躺在地上，痛苦地扭动着身体。
疼得扭动；痛得打滚
She writhed in pain after falling down the stairs.
她从楼梯上摔下来后疼得扭动不已。
因尴尬而扭动不安；窘迫得坐立不安
He writhed with embarrassment when everyone stared at his mistake.
当所有人都盯着他的错误时，他窘迫得坐立不安。
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记住 write（写）里多个 h：痛到打滚时，身体像被拧歪的字，writhe 就是扭动、翻滚。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary narrative、descriptions of pain、figurative discomfort 这个词多用于书面或文学描写，尤其是在描述疼痛、痛苦或尴尬时身体扭动；日常口语中较少使用，显得较正式。
既可作及物动词也可作不及物动词
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