One picture can carry the whole word: two hands holding something and turning in opposite directions, hard, until whatever is inside is forced out. With a wet towel, water comes out. With a person, an answer or a refund comes out. With a heart, pain comes out. Every use of wring keeps that same tight twist somewhere in it.
From the word’s history
The evidence packet traces wring to Old English wringan, 'to wring', and further back to Proto-Germanic *wringaną, 'to squeeze, twist, wring'. The oldest recorded meaning is already the squeezing twist, so the modern uses read as that one action carried into new places.
根據證據包裡的字源資料，wring 來自古英文 wringan（擰、扭），再往前是原始日耳曼語 *wringaną（擠壓、扭轉）。也就是說，最早記下來的意思就已經是「用力扭出來」這個動作。今天的各種用法，可以想成是同一個動作被搬到不同的東西上：布、人、心。
Wiktionary etymology text supplied in this evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:84391454): Middle English wringen < Old English wringan < Proto-Germanic *wringaną.
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