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

• The compounds with the fewest side effects are the ones that drop their monkey wrenches selectively, slotting seamlessly into grooves on the surfaces of their target proteins& and leaving other proteins untouched.
  那些几乎没有什么副作用的化合物，能选择性地进行攻击并天衣无缝地插入它们的靶蛋白表面的槽内，而使其他蛋白质丝毫不受损。
• 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。
• "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。
• There is a good deal of evidence that other and less beneficent motives sometimes make its wheels go round, tinker with its governors, and handle monkey wrenches carelessly.
  有大量的证据表明，其它一些不那么悲悯的动机有时候也会驱动这个机制，随心所欲的乱来一通。
• In order to be one on each nut to the pressure, it is recommended to use wrenches or nut fastening the measuring device Note: At this point if the device is leak-free state, may cause burning packing.
  为了在每个螺母上获一至的压力，建议用扳手或相关的计量装置紧固螺母注意：此时装置如果处于无泄漏状态，可能引起盘根燃烧。
• 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。
• 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。
• The next person strides forward and successfully wrenches the bottle away.
  下一个人跨步上前，成功地抢下了水瓶。
• 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
• Design of the Die for Both-Ended Circular Wrenches
  双头套筒扳手模具设计