绞[jiǎo]

动

1. twist; wring; entangle

♦ 把几股铁丝~在一起 twist several strands of wire together

♦ 把衣服~干 wring out wet clothes

♦ 心如刀~ feel as if a knife were being twisted in one's heart

2. wind

♦ ~动辘轳 wind a windlass

3. hang by the neck

4.机bore with a reamer; ream

♦ ~孔 ream a hole

量skein; hank

♦ 一~毛线 a skein of woollen yarn