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wrench 音标拼音: [r'ɛntʃ] n. 扳钳,扳手,猛扭,扭伤,歪曲,痛苦
vt. 猛扭,扭伤,曲解,抢,折磨
vi. 猛扭 扳钳,扳手,猛扭,扭伤,歪曲,痛苦猛扭,扭伤,曲解,抢,折磨猛扭 wrench扳手 wrench n 1: a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; " the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; " he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" [ synonym: { wrench}, { twist}, { pull}] 2: a jerky pulling movement [ synonym: { twist}, { wrench}] 3: a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt [ synonym: { wrench}, { spanner}] v 1: 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" [ synonym: { wrench}, { twist}] 2: make a sudden twisting motion 3: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; " Wring one' s hand" [ synonym: { wring}, { wrench}] 4: twist suddenly so as to sprain; " wrench one' s ankle"; " The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; " the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; " I turned my ankle and couldn' t walk for several days" [ synonym: { twist}, { sprain}, { wrench}, { turn}, { wrick}, { rick}] Wrench \ Wrench\ ( r[ e^] nch), n. [ OE. wrench deceit, AS. wrenc deceit, a twisting; akin to G. rank intrigue, crookedness, renken to bend, twist, and E. wring. [ root] 144. See { Wring}, and cf. { Ranch}, v. t.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] His wily wrenches thou ne mayst not flee. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting. [ 1913 Webster] He wringeth them such a wrench. -- Skelton. [ 1913 Webster] The injurious effect upon biographic literature of all such wrenches to the truth, is diffused everywhere. -- De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Means; contrivance. [ Obs.] -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 5. An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Mech.) The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench. [ 1913 Webster] { Carriage wrench}, a wrench adapted for removing or tightening the nuts that confine the wheels on the axles, or for turning the other nuts or bolts of a carriage or wagon. { Monkey wrench}. See under { Monkey}. { Wrench hammer}, a wrench with the end shaped so as to admit of being used as a hammer. [ 1913 Webster]
Wrench \ Wrench\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Wrenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Wrenching}.] [ OE. wrenchen, AS. wrencan to deceive, properly, to twist, from wrenc guile, deceit, a twisting. ????. See { Wrench}, n.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence. [ 1913 Webster] Wrench his sword from him. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched With a woeful agony. -- Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert. [ 1913 Webster] You wrenched your foot against a stone. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 264 Moby Thesaurus words for " wrench": Allen wrench, Stillson wrench, abrade, abrasion, ache, aching, acute pain, adjustable wrench, alligator wrench, anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, badger, bark, belie, bend, bite, blackmail, blemish, bloody, blow, bob, boring pain, box wrench, break, buckle, burlesque, burn, camouflage, caricature, carriage wrench, chafe, chain wrench, charley horse, check, chip, claim, claw, coerce, color, compel, concussion, confuse, constrain, contort, contortion, crack, crackle, cramp, cramps, craze, crick, crook, crookedness, crumple, cut, darting pain, demand, detorsion, deviation, disguise, disproportion, distort, distortion, distress, dolor, drag, exact, exaction, exaggerate, extort, extortion, falsify, flash burn, flick, flip, flirt, flounce, force, force from, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, fulgurant pain, gall, garble, gash, get one wrong, get wrong, girdle pain, gloss, gnarl, gnawing, gouge, grief, griping, hitch, hurt, imbalance, incise, incision, injure, injury, irregularity, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jumping pain, kink, knot, lacerate, laceration, lancinating pain, lesion, levy blackmail, lopsidedness, lug wrench, maim, make mincemeat of, maul, misapply, misapprehend, miscite, miscolor, misconceive, misconstrue, misdeem, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misinterpret, misjudge, misquote, misread, misrender, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, mistake, misteach, mistranslate, misunderstand, monkey wrench, mortal wound, mutilate, mutilation, nasty blow, nip, overdraw, overstate, pain, pang, parody, paroxysm, passion, pervert, pierce, pinch, pipe wrench, pluck, prick, pry loose from, puncture, quirk, rend, rend from, rending, rent, rick, rip, rip from, ripping, run, rupture, savage, scald, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, screw, screw key, scuff, second- degree burn, seizure, shake down, sharp pain, shock, shoot, shooting, shooting pain, skin, slant, slash, slit, snake, snatch, snatch from, socket wrench, sore, sore spot, spanner, spark- plug wrench, spasm, sprain, spring, squeeze, stab, stab wound, stabbing pain, start, stick, stitch, strain, strain the sense, stress, stress of life, stroke, sudden pull, suffering, tap wrench, tappet wrench, tear, tear from, tearing, tender spot, third- degree burn, thrill, throes, tormen, torsion, tortuosity, torture, trauma, traumatize, travesty, turn, turn awry, tweak, twinge, twist, twist the words, twitch, understate, unsymmetry, warp, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench from, wrenching, wrest, wresting, wring, wring from, wringing, writhe, wry, yank, yerk
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