wrist

/rist/US // rɪst //UK // (rɪst) //

腕部,手腕,腕关节,腕力

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the carpus or lower part of the forearm where it joins the hand.
- : the joint or articulation between the forearm and the hand.
- : the part of an article of clothing that fits around the wrist.
- : Machinery. wrist pin.

Examples

Second baseman Starlin Castro is out until October with a broken wrist.
Six months later, it’s time to focus on our hurting necks, wrists, forearms, shoulders, backs, eyesight, and so on.
It has a five-day battery life, and the low-profile wrist band is waterproof and comfortable.
Many people already fear that smart assistants like Amazon’s own Alexa are already listening to everything they say, which makes the prospect of strapping a dedicated listening device to your wrist all day seem dubious.
You can adjust the size if you want to use them as wrist weights, allowing for a more heavy duty arm workout.
Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
Rather than downing a handful of pills, I planned to take my life by opening a vein in each wrist.
While that might just seem like a slap on the wrist compared to the cost of insurance, the penalty increases every year.
A scar marks her right wrist where the bullet hit her eight months ago.
He also was diagnosed with “head, neck, wrist and back injuries – and the biggest was TBI, or traumatic brain injury.”
Just try it once, and you'll see how ingenious it is—only one must be careful not to throw out the elbow in turning out the wrist.
At present she is throwing her whole weight upon my wrist, which I hope will get limber under it!
Phœbe Chiffinch, breathless, is holding Alice Arden's wrist with a firm grasp.
Like lightning he turned and seized by the wrist a man who had already opened the bag and laid hold of some of its contents.
He wears a real pearl stud and a good signet ring; also a gold wrist watch, face broken and hands stopped at seven-fifteen.

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Examples

Second baseman Starlin Castro is out until October with a broken wrist.

Six months later, it’s time to focus on our hurting necks, wrists, forearms, shoulders, backs, eyesight, and so on.

It has a five-day battery life, and the low-profile wrist band is waterproof and comfortable.

Many people already fear that smart assistants like Amazon’s own Alexa are already listening to everything they say, which makes the prospect of strapping a dedicated listening device to your wrist all day seem dubious.

You can adjust the size if you want to use them as wrist weights, allowing for a more heavy duty arm workout.

Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.

Rather than downing a handful of pills, I planned to take my life by opening a vein in each wrist.

While that might just seem like a slap on the wrist compared to the cost of insurance, the penalty increases every year.

A scar marks her right wrist where the bullet hit her eight months ago.

He also was diagnosed with “head, neck, wrist and back injuries – and the biggest was TBI, or traumatic brain injury.”

Just try it once, and you'll see how ingenious it is—only one must be careful not to throw out the elbow in turning out the wrist.

At present she is throwing her whole weight upon my wrist, which I hope will get limber under it!

Phœbe Chiffinch, breathless, is holding Alice Arden's wrist with a firm grasp.

Like lightning he turned and seized by the wrist a man who had already opened the bag and laid hold of some of its contents.

He wears a real pearl stud and a good signet ring; also a gold wrist watch, face broken and hands stopped at seven-fifteen.