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

• Do not use conventional pipe wrenches.
  不要使用常规管道扳手。
• 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。
• Torque wrenches offer the precision measurement needed to tighten fasteners.
  力矩扳手可以提供禁锢螺栓所需的精确力矩计量。
• Edward: yes, that's it, the small box next to my wrenches. quick, it's urgent.
  爱德华：对，就是在我的扳旁边的那个小盒子，快点，急著要的。
• Wrenches should not be used on valves equipped with a hand wheel.
  不应在装有手轮的钢瓶上使用扳手。
• Design of design automatic processing machine tool for fusing wrenches kong
  引信扳手孔自动加工机床的设计
• In the presence of unknown required wrenches, the required wrench set was taken to be the unit ball centered at the origin of the wrench space.
  在外力旋量未知的情况下，所需力旋量集常选以力旋量空间原点为中心的单位球。
• Double-headed wrench stay dominant products, Plum wrenches, dual-use wrenches, active wrenches to all specifications, good quality and low price, high reputation, well-known tools sector.
  主导产品双头呆扳手，梅花扳手，两用扳手，活络扳手，以规格全，质量好，价格低，信誉高，闻名工具界。
• 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