"device for squeezing water from clothes," 1799, agent noun from wring (v.). (Earlier it meant "extortioner," c. 1300.) Figurative phrase to put (someone) through the wringer first recorded 1942, American English.
英英释意
1. a clothes dryer consisting of two roles between which the wet clothes are squeezed
词组搭配
put someone through the wringer (或 the mangle)
(informal)subject someone to a very stressful experience, especially a severe interrogation
