writhe
Word family adjectivewrithennounwrithingverbwritheadverbwrithingly
writhe /raɪð/ verb [intransitiveI] MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONto twist your body from side to side violently, especially because you are suffering pain 〔尤指因疼痛〕剧烈地扭动身体writhe in pain/agony etc He lay writhing in pain. 他躺着,痛得身体直扭动。
writhe in pain/agony etc• He just curled up in a little ball and writhed in pain.• But soon after she was writhing in agony, her muscles racked with pain.• Police found the pair writhing in agony in the road.• A patient who is writhing in pain may harbor an intra-abdominal catastrophe. Origin writhe Old English writhan “to twist”