wrenches

英 [ˈrentʃɪz]

美 [ˈrentʃɪz]

v.  猛拉; 猛扭; 猛拧; 扭伤(脚踝、肩膀等); 使痛苦，使十分难过(尤指以致哭喊出声)
n.  扳钳; 扳手; (离别的)痛苦，难受; 猛扭; 猛拉
wrench的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 猛拉;猛拧;猛拽
  If youwrenchsomething that is fixed in a particular position, you pull or twist it violently, in order to move or remove it.
  1. He felt two men wrench the suitcase from his hand...
     他感觉有两个人在使劲拽他手里的手提箱。
  2. He wrenched off his sneakers...
     他使劲儿脱下运动鞋。
  3. They wrenched open the passenger doors and jumped into her car.
     他们使劲拽开后座车门，跳进了她的车子。
• VERB 挣脱;挣开
  If youwrenchyourself free from someone who is holding you, you get away from them by suddenly twisting the part of your body that is being held.
  1. She wrenched herself from his grasp...
     她从他手里挣脱开来。
  2. He wrenched his arm free...
     他把手臂挣脱开来。
  3. She tore at one man's face as she tried to wrench free...
     她试图挣脱时朝一个男子的脸上抓去。
  4. I wrenched my hand away from my attacker.
     我用力把手从袭击者手里挣脱出来。
• VERB 扭伤(关节)
  If youwrenchone of your joints, you twist it and injure it.
  1. He had wrenched his ankle badly from the force of the fall.
     他因摔倒而严重扭伤了脚踝。
• N-SING (离别时的)痛苦，愁楚
  If you say that leaving someone or something isa wrench, you feel very sad about it.
  1. I always knew it would be a wrench to leave Essex after all these years...
     我一直心里清楚过了这么多年后离开埃塞克斯会非常痛苦。
  2. Many of the things are of great sentimental value and it is going to be a wrench parting with them...
     其中很多东西都具有重要的情感价值，令人难以割舍。
  3. Although it would be a wrench, we would all accept the challenge of moving abroad.
     虽然移居海外会很痛苦，但我们都愿意接受这个挑战。
• 扳钳；活动扳手
  Awrenchor amonkey wrenchis an adjustable metal tool used for tightening or loosening metal nuts of different sizes.
• PHRASE 作梗;阻挠
  If someonethrows a wrenchorthrows a monkey wrenchinto a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
  1. Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.
     他们的代表团本周提出了各种细枝末节的反对意见，极在地阻挠了进程。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 throw a spanner in the works

双语例句

• As an assembly tool of the big diameter bolts, hydraulic torque wrenches have many advantages, such as big output torque, easy operation, being able to be used conveniently in the incommodious room, and comparatively precise control of the magnitude of torque.
  液压扭矩扳手作为一种大直径螺栓的装配工具，具有很多的优点，如输出扭矩大，使用方便，能够在狭窄的空间范围内使用，且能够比较准确控制预紧扭矩的大小等。
• A New Technique of Craze Preventing of Wrenches in Heat Treatment
  防止扳手裂纹的热处理新工艺研究
• The Calibration for Mass Torsion Machine and Investigation of Designing Torsion Wrenches
  大量程扭转试验机标定及扭力扳手设计方法的研究
• Sorry, but there are no more of these wrenches left; we have sold out.
  很抱歉，这批扳钳没有货，我们已经全部卖光了。
• Wrenches on the pedals, a chain looped on the steering wheel, a phone controlling it all. The ride itself, they say, is a bit jerky.
  扳手在踏板上，链条在方向盘上，一部电话就控制着这一切。驾驶的过程本身据说会有些颠簸。
• Design of the Die for Both-Ended Circular Wrenches
  双头套筒扳手模具设计
• Design of the Die for Both-Ended Circular Wrenches The variable hexagonal box spanner is the synthesis of the manual screw spanner and the hexagonal box spanner.
  双头套筒扳手模具设计可变六角套筒扳手则是对手动螺丝扳手和六角套筒扳手的综合。
• And it's an aching, torturous love which wrenches the lower extremities.
  而且是痛苦折磨的扭曲下肢的爱。
• The main contributions are as follows: Based on the linear dependency of constraint screws under different geometrical conditions, a straightforward classification of constraint screw system is proposed and the corresponding constrained motion is obtained by reciprocal relations between twists and wrenches.
  根据约束螺旋在空间不同几何条件下的线性相关性对约束螺旋系进行分类，并通过螺旋理论的互逆定理获取每种约束螺旋系所约束的运动。
• "A Palestinian child crying in Gaza wrenches a mother's heart in Ankara," Erdogan told the Arab League in Cairo on Tuesday, using language calculated to delight Arab masses.
  「加萨地区一名哭泣的巴勒斯坦儿童，会让安卡拉一名母亲柔肠寸断。」艾尔段日前在开罗对阿拉伯国家联盟演说时表示。他精心算计的修辞语言，取悦了阿拉伯大众。