Old English wrað "angry" (literally "tormented, twisted"), from Proto-Germanic *wraith- (cognates: Old Frisian wreth "evil," Old Saxon wred, Middle Dutch wret, Dutch wreed "cruel," Old High German reid, Old Norse reiðr "angry, offended"), from PIE *wreit- "to turn" (see wreath). Rare or obsolete from early 16c. to mid-19c., but somewhat revived since, especially in dignified writing, or this:
Secretary: "The Dean is furious. He's waxing wroth."
Quincy Adams Wagstaf [Groucho]: "Is Roth out there too? Tell Roth to wax the Dean for a while."
["Horse Feathers," 1932]
双语例句
1. He wroth off a dirty kind of life by killing himself.
他以自杀结束了他那肮脏的一生.
来自辞典例句
2. He was wroth to see the damage to his home.
他看到家里遭到的毁坏愤怒极了.
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3. But wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation.
虽然他很气愤, 但一阵短暂的争吵之后终归和解.
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4. But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
