wringer

英 ['rɪŋə] 美 ['rɪŋɚ]
  • n. 勒索者；绞拧机；绞扭的人；令人心力交困的事
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英文词源

wringer (n.)
"device for squeezing water from clothes," 1799, agent noun from wring (v.). (Earlier it meant "extortioner," c. 1300.) Figurative phrase to put (someone) through the wringer first recorded 1942, American English.