• n. 手腕；腕關節(jié)
• vt. 用腕力移動

來自PIE*wer,彎，轉，擰，詞源同wring,wrest,用于指手腕。比較carpal.

wrist

wrist: [OE] The wrist is etymologically the ‘twisting’ joint. The word goes back to prehistoric Germanic *wristiz, which also produced German rist ‘instep, wrist’ and Swedish vrist ‘instep, ankle’. This was derived from the base *writh-, whose wr- sound seems originally to have been symbolic of the action of twisting. Variants of the base lie behind English wreath [OE], wrest [OE], and writhe [OE]; and gaiter may be related.
=> wreath, wrest, writhe

wrist (n.)

Old English wrist, from Proto-Germanic *wristiz (cognates: Old Norse rist "instep," Old Frisian wrist, Middle Dutch wrist, German Rist "back of the hand, instep"), from Proto-Germanic *wreik- "to turn" (see wry). The notion is "the turning joint." Wrist-watch is from 1889. Wrist-band is from 1570s as a part of a sleeve, 1969 as a perspiration absorber.

1. Masters shot a hand across the table and gripped his wrist.

馬斯特斯迅速把手伸到桌對面，緊緊抓住他的手腕。

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2. Hanging from his right wrist is a heavy gold bracelet.

他的右腕上戴著一只沉甸甸的金手鐲。

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3. The fate line begins close to the wrist.

命運線始于接近手腕的地方。

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4. His fingers curled gently round her wrist.

他輕輕地握住她的手腕。

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5. Eleanor jerked her wrist free.

埃莉諾猛地抽出了手腕。

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