wrist

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复数: wrists;

1. see wrench.

wrist 手腕

来自PIE*wer,弯，转，拧，词源同wring,wrest,用于指手腕。比较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.: 马斯特斯迅速把手伸到桌对面，紧紧抓住他的手腕。

2. Hanging from his right wrist is a heavy gold bracelet.: 他的右腕上戴着一只沉甸甸的金手镯。