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As a noun, a tool used to turn nuts and bolts (in British English, often called a 'spanner'). As a verb, 'to wrench' means to pull or twist something suddenly and violently, sometimes hurting it — you can wrench your ankle, or wrench a door open. It also describes a sudden, painful feeling, especially from being separated from someone — 'it was a wrench to leave home.'
扳手；猛拉、扭傷；(名詞)痛苦的離別
原始詞典資料25 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Wrenchname
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A surname transferred from the nickname.
wrenchnoun詞源 1/ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/
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A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
- With a wrench, which threw his victim back upon the bed as though hurled from a height, he turned and sprang at us.
- It was difficult indeed for Max to disengage himself from the effusive Spinola's affection without a wrench.
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An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
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obsoleteA trick or artifice.
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obsoleteDeceit; guile; treachery.
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obsoleteA turn at an acute angle.
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archaicA winch or windlass.
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obsoleteA screw.
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A distorting change from the original meaning.
另外 6 個記錄的用法
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A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes.
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An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
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A violent emotional change caused by separation.
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natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsIn screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
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obsoletemeans; contrivance
- But weighing one thing with another he gave Britain for lost; but resolved to make his profit of this business of Britain, as a quarrel for war; and that of Naples, as a wrench and mean for peace
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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.
wrenchverb詞源 2/ˈɹɛnt͡ʃ/
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To pull or twist violently.
- With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.
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To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
- Be careful not to wrench your ankle walking along those loose stones!
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To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
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To rack with pain; to make hurt or distressed.
- And what actinic, mind-wrenching form could the countermeme take? How could human hands assemble something so devastatingly powerful and hold it steady; what human mind could wield it without exploding from the inside out?
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To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
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To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
- The plumber wrenched the pipes until they came loose.
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obsoleteTo violently move in a turn or writhe.
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obsoleteTo tighten with or as if with a winch.
- [S]end me that hag hither; she shall avouch what it was that she hath given to the wretch Dryfesdale, or the pilniewinks and thumbikins shall wrench it out of her finger-joints.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
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obsoleteTo thrust (a weapon) in a twisting motion.
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obsoletefencinggovernmenthobbiesTo disarm an opponent by whirling their blade away.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。