wrench

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n. 扳钳, 扳手, 扭伤, 歪曲, 痛苦 vt. 猛扭, 扭伤, 曲解, 折磨 vi. 猛扭, 猛绞

发音

US /ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/
UK /ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/
其它 /ˈɹɪ̟nt͡ʃ/

词形变化

wrenches 复数 wrenches wrenched wrenches 三单 wrencheth wrenching wrenching 现在分词 wrenched 过去式 wrenched 过去分词

别名

wrenche wrinche wringe rench

教材释义与例句

名词

扳手,扳钳;扭伤;痛苦;歪曲;猛扭

动词

扭伤;猛扭;曲解;折磨

动词

扭伤;猛扭;猛绞

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.

    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados It was difficult indeed for Max to disengage himself from the effusive Spinola's affection without a wrench.

  2. 2.

    An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.

  3. 3.

    A trick or artifice.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    Deceit; guile; treachery.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    A turn at an acute angle.

    废旧
  6. 6.

    A winch or windlass.

    古体
  7. 7.

    A screw.

    废旧
  8. 8.

    A distorting change from the original meaning.

  9. 9.

    A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.

    扳手

    扳子

    加拿大 美国
  10. 10.

    An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.

    英国
  11. 11.

    A violent emotional change caused by separation.

  12. 12.

    In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.

    物理
  13. 13.

    means; contrivance

    废旧
  14. 14.

    In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To pull or twist violently.

    及物

    With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.

  2. 2.

    To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.

    及物

    Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!

  3. 3.

    To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.

    及物

    The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.

  7. 7.

    To violently move in a turn or writhe.

    不及物 废旧
  8. 8.

    To tighten with or as if with a winch.

    废旧 及物
  9. 9.

    To thrust (a weapon) in a twisting motion.

    废旧 及物
  10. 10.

    To disarm an opponent by whirling their blade away.

    不及物 废旧 政治 体育 军事

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English wrench, from Old English wrenċ, from Proto-Germanic *wrankiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wreng- (“to turn”). Compare German Rank (“plot, intrigue”).

来源:wiktionary