wringer是什么意思

词组

wringer

释义

wringer

/ˈrɪŋə(r)/

●go/put sb through the ˈwringer

(informal)

have, or make sb have, a difficult or unpleasant experience, or a series of them （使）受尽磨难，历尽艰辛

◆He’s been through the wringer lately, what with his divorce, and then losing his job.
他最近历尽艰辛，先是离婚，之后又丢了工作。

◆Those interviewers really put me through the wringer!
那些面试官真是让我受尽折磨！

NOTE In the past, a wringer was a device that squeezed the water out of clothes that had been washed. 旧时，衣服洗好后，人们用wringer（绞干机）挤出其中的水分。

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