英単語

wringerの意味・使い方・発音

wringer

英 ['rɪŋə] 美 ['rɪŋɚ]
  • n.脅迫者;絞り屋;ひねくれ者;目くらまし

英語の語源


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.

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