词汇 | wring-neck |
语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
释义 | wring something's neckphrase to kill a bird or other animal by twisting and breaking its neck: 拧断(鸟或其他动物的)脖子;掐死 I hated doing it but I had to wring their necks or they'd have suffered long, agonising deaths. My grandma used to wring the birds' necks with her bare hands. If she found an injured bird, she would finish it off by wringing its neck. The trappers wring their necks when they find them. I've no idea how anyone can wring an animal's neck. See also wring wring someone’s neck | American Dictionarywring someone’s neckidiom used for emphasizing that you are very angry at someone: I could wring her neck for getting me in such trouble. |
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