wrist

名词 n. 动词 v.
发音 rĭst

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
    — With a flick of the wrist, he threw the frisbee to a team-mate.
  2. A stud or pin which forms a journal.
动词 v.
  1. To hit a wrist shot.

词形变化

wrists plural wrists present,singular,third-person wristing participle,present wristed participle,past wristed past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.
词源 2
From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.
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