Old English wriean (transitive) "to twist or bend," earlier "to bind or fetter," from Proto-Germanic *writhanan (cognates: North Frisian wrial, Old High German ridan, Old Norse riea, Middle Swedish vrita, Middle Danish vride), from PIE *wreit- "to turn, bend" (see wreath). Intransitive, of the body or limbs, "move in a twisting or tortuous manner," from c. 1300. Related: Writhed; writhing.
例文
1. The subject makes her writhe with embarrassment.
という話題に彼女は居ても立ってもいられないほど困っている。
2.His dazed eyes stare at the eels,which still writhe and entwine.
彼はまだ転がっているウナギをぼんやりと見つめている。
3.Though the thought made her writhe ，there was nothing she could do about it.
"彼女はこの言葉を思い出すと心が痛むが、仕方がない.
4.While you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell.
あなたが安息を得たとき、私はまだ苦しんでいます。
5.The more the worms writhe ，the more I yearn to crush out their entrails！