释义 |
throe/θrəʊ/n. (usu. in pl. 通常用复数) 1 a violent pang, esp. of childbirth or death (尤指分娩时的)阵痛;(临死时挣扎的)痛苦 2 anguish 痛苦 □ in the throes of struggling with the task of 在…痛苦挣扎之中搏斗 [Middle English throwe perhaps from Old English thrēa, thrawu ‘calamity’, influenced by throwian ‘suffer’] |