wringer
英 ['rɪŋə]
美['rɪŋɚ]
- n. 勒索者；绞拧机；绞扭的人；令人心力交困的事
英英释意
- 1. a clothes dryer consisting of two roles between which the wet clothes are squeezed
英文词源
- wringer (n.)
- "device for squeezing water from clothes," 1799, agent noun from wring (v.). (Earlier it meant "extortioner," c. 1300.) Figurative phrase to put (someone) through the wringer first recorded 1942, American English.
词组搭配
put someone through the wringer (或 the mangle)
(informal)subject someone to a very stressful experience, especially a severe interrogation
(非正式)使受尽磨难；使历尽艰辛
put (someone) through the wringer&I{【俚语】}
To subject to a severe trial or ordeal.
遭受严峻的考验或折磨