spanner

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n. 扳手 [化] 扳手; 紧固扳手; 紧固器

发音

AU /ˈspæn.ə/
UK /ˈspæn.ə/
US /ˈspæn.ɚ/
/ˈspeə̯n.ɚ/
/ˈspɛə̯n.ɚ/

词形变化

spanners 复数 spanners spannering spanners 三单 spannering 现在分词 spannered 过去式 spannered 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

扳手；螺丝扳手；测量器；用手掌量的人

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.

    扳手

    扳子

    士巴拿

    扳头

    爱尔兰 英国

    Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more bolt to screw in.

  2. 2.

    A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.

    Any of certain types of such a tool that have a pin or hook to engage the driven object.

    加拿大 爱尔兰 英国 美国

    The groove in this toolholder is what the spanner grabs onto when you are changing the tool.

  3. 3.

    One who, or that which, spans.

    罕用
  4. 4.

    A (usually sparse) graph whose shortest path distances approximate those in a dense graph or other metric space.

    数学
  5. 5.

    A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.

    工程 政治 军事
  6. 6.

    A device in early steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.

    废旧
  7. 7.

    A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)

    爱尔兰 英国

    Halfway through the production of Macbeth, the director found that the stage was smaller than he expected. This really threw a spanner in the works.

  8. 8.

    A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.

    爱尔兰 英国 贬义

    You spanner, Rodney! I wanted some time, not a bunch of thyme!

v.
  1. 1.

    To use a spanner; to fix with a spanner

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

wrench

上位词 1

hand tool

下位词 10

adjustable spanner adjustable wrench Allen key Allen wrench alligator wrench hex key hook wrench screw key socket wrench torque wrench

部分词 1

jaw

相关短语

spanner barb 侧条无须𱇒 spanner barbs spanner in the works spanner crab spanner crabs spanner wrench spanner wrenches throw a spanner in the works 打乱阵脚 put a spanner in the works throw a spanner into the works v. 从中捣乱 throws a spanner in the works throwing a spanner in the works threw a spanner in the works thrown a spanner in the works throws a spanner into the works

词源

From span + -er.

来源：wiktionary