wry的意思|wry的解释-里氏词典

wry [rai]

a. 扭歪的, 歪曲的, 歪斜的

vt. 扭曲, 扭歪

vi. 扭曲, 扭歪

wry
wried, wrier, wriest, wryer, wryest

[ adj ]

humorously sarcastic or mocking

<adj.all>

dry humor

an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely

an ironic novel

an ironical smile

with a wry Scottish wit

bent to one side

<adj.all>

a wry neck

Wry \Wry\, v. t. [AS. wre['o]n.]
To cover. [Obs.]

Wrie you in that mantle. --Chaucer.

Wry \Wry\, a. [Compar. {Wrier}; superl. {Wriest}.] [Akin to OE.
wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to
drive.]
1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.

2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected;
out of place; as, wry words.

Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who
never take up an old idea without some extravagance
in its application. --Landor.

3. Wrested; perverted.

He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
--Atterbury.

{Wry face}, a distortion of the countenance indicating
impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.

Wry \Wry\, v. i.
1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to
turn side; to swerve.

This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. --Chaucer.

How many
Must murder wives much better than themselves
For wrying but a little! --Shak.

Wry \Wry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wrying}.] [OE. wrien. See {Wry}, a.]
To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. --Sir P.
Sidney.

Guests by hundreds, not one caring
If the dear host's neck were wried. --R. Browning.

THE original play, a wry comedy, was by Kaufman and Hart, they of The Man Who Came to Dinner and You Can't Take It With You.
Mr. Sullivan's wife and children are credible actors in the drama as well as wry commentators on it.
Yet the prevailing tone is fairytale-exotic, wry but picturesque. In this concert-performance, Mstislav Rostropovich and the London Symphony preserved the ambiguous balance while revelling in Rimsky's opulent orchestral palette.
Mr. DeStefano, 34, is represented by Thomas Fitzpatrick, a colorful New York lawyer with a wry sense of humor.
He remains the same wry, laid-back observer of the passing scene.
It is a sharp social comedy of contemporary life with wry, sad undertones.
Mr. Soyer, the cellist, is rumpled and wry.
It gives a complete directory of Liege hallmarks, with the wry comment that it will be a great help to silver fakers.
Four or five very old men could join hands and take you right back to Shakespeare.' But summing up human history or another human life in a wry snapshot is easier than doing the same with one's own life.
Rheingold makes space for his wry wit and his social concerns. Secker and Warburg have yet to publish Virtual Community electronically; it should be available online within a decade or so.
Very fine the wry, defensive way she resorts to drink as things get out of hand.
Day-Lewis's wry, delicately suffocated hauteur is perfect for Newland -this man raises repression to an art form - but Pfeiffer's Ellen is a disappointment.
Although deadly serious in the courtroom, they display a wry sense of humor outside.
We missileers dubbed the budget bulge "Mount B-1," in a wry response to the unwritten rule that no missile program could surface during those years to compete with the bombers. All available procurement dollars belonged to the B-1.
"We could not have envisioned Reagan putting the 1980s on hold while he built a government of the Exxon, by the GM, for the Duponts," said Nader in a wry parody of the Constitution's preamble.
With more talent than roles, he adds a kind of Greek chorus of four Marfa matrons who make wry comments throughout the play, and he inserts scenes from Shakespeare and Chekhov.
It is best expressed in a wry remark attributed to an unnamed Conservative MP in one of the Sunday papers.
'In this country you catch the robbers, not the assassins,' he observes with wry humour. Although some 112 PDS affiliates have fallen foul of corruption investigations, this has yet to affect voter support.
A Rio newspaper made the wry comment that Lutzenberger was so radical about protecting nature that he even opposed lawn mowers.
The role of Clown has been redistributed, to the advantage of Sean Gilder's wry, friendly Fabian.
Rotund Oliver Platt has the best lines as the wry conscience of the reckless quintet.
Similar wry humor can be found among traders of gold and silver futures as they leave the floor of New York's Commodity Exchange.
His wry questions got a laugh from the audience, according to excerpts from the Federal Information Systems transcript: Were you in Paris at any time during October 1980, for any reason? No, sir.
Fellow abalone hunters tell the tale with wry humor.
Anybody who knows anything about political conventions knows that the affair cannot truly move forward until a single, wry line from David Brinkley defines it, as he has since the beginning of time (meaning, of course, since the beginning of television).

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