| 单词 | spanner |
| 释义 | spanner (once / 42516 pages) n A spanner is a type of adjustable wrench. Outside of North America, spanner is just another word for “wrench.” If Americans want to ruin something, they “throw a wrench into it.” British people “throw a spanner in the works.” If you've ever needed to assemble something — like bookshelves — and needed to tighten or loosen a bolt, you probably needed a spanner. A spanner is a type of wrench with an opening and sometimes little teeth: you can clasp it over the nut or bolt and get a good grip. In the US, the main difference between a spanner and other wrenches is the spanner is adjustable and works with many sizes of nuts and bolts. WORD FAMILYspanner: spanners USAGE EXAMPLESAnd there is another big spanner in the works: the US constitution has a provision that could potentially make life difficult for Mr Trump. BBC(Nov 10, 2016) Again, that also means more chances to vote and it also gives MPs and peers an opportunity to throw a spanner into the works. BBC(Oct 12, 2016) The International Monetary Fund has already cut its forecast for global growth after Brexit threw "a spanner in the works". Reuters(Jul 22, 2016) n a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt Syn|Hypo|Hyper wrench adjustable spanner, adjustable wrench can be changed to different settings Allen wrencha wrench for Allen screws alligator wrencha wrench with a v-shaped jaw and serrations on one side (resembles the open jaws of an alligator) box end wrench, box wrencha wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt head brace wrencha wrench shaped like a brace (has a handle shaped like a crank) and a socket head bulldog wrencha wrench designed to provide a firm grip on something carriage wrencha wrench designed for use with carriage bolts dog wrencha wrench with a handle shaped like a crank hook spanner, hook wrencha wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head lug wrencha wrench with jaws that have projecting lugs to engage the object that is to be rotated open-end wrench, tappet wrencha wrench having parallel jaws at fixed separation (often on both ends of the handle) pin wrencha wrench that has a projecting pin that fits into a socket on the object to be turned screw keya wrench for turning a screw socket wrencha wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted sparkplug wrencha wrench for removing or tightening spark plugs into the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine tap wrencha wrench for turning a tap to create an internal screw thread torque wrencha wrench that has a gauge that indicates the amount of torque being applied crescent wrenchan adjustable wrench designed to fit hexagonal nuts with the adjusting screw built into the head of the wrench monkey wrench, monkey-wrenchadjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw pipe wrench, tube wrenchadjustable wrench for gripping and turning a pipe; has two serrated jaws that are adjusted to grip the pipe screw wrenchadjustable wrench that has one jaw that can be adjusted by turning a screw S wrencha wrench with an S-shaped handle hand tool a tool used with workers' hands |
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