to twist
Example Sentences
听到这个令人心碎的噩耗，她痛苦得如同被刀绞一般难受。
tīng dào zhè ge lìng rén xīn suì de è hào, tā tòng kǔ dé rú tóng bèi dāo jiǎo yì bān nán shòu.
Hearing the heartbreaking news, she felt as if she was being strangled by a knife.
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Related Words & Compounds
to hang (i.e. execute by hanging) / to strangle
to execute by hanging
capstan
gallows / gibbet
sharp pain / cramp / griping pain / colic / angina, cf 心絞痛|心绞痛
a noose for hanging criminals
to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting / (fig.) to snuff out
to rack one's brains
gibbet / hanging post
winch / windlass
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