单词 | wrenching |
释义 | wrenchingn. 1. a. The action of the verb in various senses; an instance of this. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] throwingOE wringinga1375 twining1398 wrenching1398 wresting1398 writhing?a1400 wrying1566 wreathing1571 convolution1597 twinding1602 contortion1611 distorquement1628 distortion1718 twisting1725 quirling1754 circumgyration1843 the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > action or fact of putting or being out of shape > distortion > twisting and pulling wrenching1398 wresting1398 wrench1530 convulsion1599 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville (Add. MS.) De Proprietatibus Rerum v. xxviii Þe hond is greued..by wrastinge and wrenching of ioyntes. c1430 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (Add. MS.) 5 Þe secunde techynge a comyn word off wrenchynges out of Ioynte. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 29v An other maketh a wrynchinge with hys backe. 1580 T. Blundeville Foure Offices Horsemanship (rev. ed.) 51 b Of the wrinching of the shoulder. 1672 tr. P. Barbette Chirurg. & Anat. Wks. i. v. 17 Sometimes the Bone is..forced out of its place..but a little, or half, which is called Sub-luxation, or Wrenching. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxii. 159 By the Twisting (or Renching) of the Wheels. 1821 Ld. Byron Two Foscari i. i, in Sardanapalus 189 My curdling limbs Quiver with the anticipated wrenching. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. xv. 260 The sudden wrenching of him..out of our boat. 1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. 159 The charioteers..declined to submit them to the unavoidable twists and wrenchings. b. spec. The action of rectifying a deformed foot, esp. by a foot-wrench. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > treatments uniting or replacing parts > [noun] > rectifying deformed foot wrenching1896 1896 A. H. Tubby Deformities 415 Wrenching..may be effected more especially in this degree by manual force, and in the severer degrees by special apparatus. 1896 A. H. Tubby Deformities 415 When wrenching is carried out with the hands. c. New Zealand. = root pruning n. at root n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [noun] > pruning > root-pruning wrenching1950 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. July 55/1 Toward the end of August root crops..tend to run to seed. This growth can be retarded considerably by wrenching..pushing a fork or spade into the soil..and..levering the roots up slightly. This breaks the extreme end of the taproot. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in stomach or bowels womb achea1398 gnawing1398 torsionc1425 colicc1440 frettingc1440 the wormc1500 wringc1500 griping1526 wresting?1543 wringing?1550 bellyache1552 torment1578 colic passion1586 wind-colic1593 belly-thrawe1595 belly-grinding1597 fret1600 gripe1601 wrenching1607 mulligrubsa1625 bellywarka1652 torminaa1655 efferation1684 stomach-ache1763 gastrodynia1804 guts-ache1818 stony colic1822 wame-ill1829 gastralgia1834 tummy ache1926 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 124 Vexed much with wrinching and griping in the bowels. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 442 The wringings and wrinchings..in the guts or belly of a man or woman. 3. attributive in wrenching-iron. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > screwdrivers, wrenches, spanners > [noun] > spanner or wrench turn-bolt1596 wrenching-iron1597 key1659 screw key1742 spanner1790 screw wrench1791 wrench1794 screw spanner1831 wrencher1832 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 22 Giue mee this mattocke, and this wrentching Iron. 1769 Public Advertiser 6 June 3/2 The Thieves left behind them a Wrenching Iron, about two Feet long. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2021). wrenchingadj. That wrenches or twists; of the nature of a wrench. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] wrestinga1529 writhing1556 retorting1588 wringinga1600 wrenching1618 reluctant1667 twirlinga1719 quirling1755 convoluting1818 contortional1918 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > relating to agony or torment > causing agony or torment sharpc1000 grievousc1290 smartc1300 fellc1330 unsufferablea1340 keena1375 poignantc1390 rending?c1400 furiousc1405 stoutc1425 unbearablec1449 agonizing1570 tormenting1575 cruciable1578 raging1590 tormentuous1597 pungent1598 racking1598 acute1615 wrenching1618 excruciating1664 grinding1681 excruciate1773 discruciating1788 unendurable1801 of bare sufferance1823 perialgic1893 the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adjective] anguishous?c1225 wounding?c1225 asperc1374 derflya1400 rending?c1400 furiousc1405 fretting1413 piercingc1450 anguish1477 piquant1521 anguishing?1566 plaguing1566 asperous?1567 agonizing1570 tormenting1575 wringing1576 cutting1582 tormentous1583 tormentful1596 tormentuous1597 racking1598 torturous1600 lacerating1609 torturing1611 tearinga1616 heart-aching1620 breast-rending1625 crucifying1648 tormentative1654 martyring?a1656 tormentive1655 discruciating1658 cruciatory1660 anguishful1685 brain-racking1708 probing1749 agonized1793 anguished1803 harrowing1810 vulnerary1821 grinding1869 torturesome1889 wrenching1889 tortuous1922 1618 T. Gainsford Glory Eng. ii. xxv. 315 Yet we haue still gone forward, and could not bee pull'd backe by any wrenching arme whatsoeuer. 1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. vii. 99 The stem must be..strengthened to resist the wrenching stresses. 1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! xix. 248 He..gives this wrist..a wrenching twist. 1894 T. Pinkerton Blizzard 105 The thought..gave him a wrenching pang. Derivatives ˈwrenchingly adv. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adverb] writhingly1556 wryingly1611 wrestingly1613 wrenchingly1884 1884 L. Macbean tr. Buchanan Spir. Songs 28 He was stripped and wrenchingly Stretched out with cruel strain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1398adj.1618 |
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