| 单词 | wrench |
| 释义 | wrench (once / 827 pages) nv To wrench means to grab or pull something with a lot of physical force. See this teddy bear? If you want it, you’ll have to wrench it out of my hands, because I’m not willing to give it up. Maybe you have a wrench at home, that is, a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or a pipe joint. If so, you also have a great way to remember what wrench the verb means. Just imagine you're twisting with a wrench, except instead of using a tool, you’re using your hands. If something is heart wrenching, it makes you feel very sad. If you wrench a part of your body, you strain, pull or twist it, injuring yourself in some way. WORD FAMILYwrench: wrenched, wrenches, wrenching+/wrenching: wrenchingly USAGE EXAMPLESA woman was sitting in the car, and a man was trying to open the boxes with a screwdriver and wrench. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) As he was questioned, the soldiers twisted the wrench, he said. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) What’s even more wrenching is that at the time of his death, Michael was poised for a major resurgence. Salon(Dec 26, 2016) 1n a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell Syn|Hypo|Hyper pull, twist sprain a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments harm, hurt, injury, trauma any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. 2n a jerky pulling movement Syn|Hyper twist motion, movement a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something 3n a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt Syn|Hypo|Hyper spanner 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 4v twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates wrench a window off its hinges wrench oneself free from somebody's grip a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest Syn|Hyper twist pull apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion 5v make a sudden twisting motion Hyper squirm, twist, worm, wrestle, wriggle, writhe to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) 6v twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish Syn|Hyper wring contort, deform, distort, wring twist and press out of shape distort, twine, twist form into a spiral shape 7v twist suddenly so as to sprain wrench one's ankle Syn|Hyper rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrick injure, wound cause injuries or bodily harm to |
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