wrench

英 [rentʃ] 美 [rentʃ]

• n. 扳钳，扳手；猛扭；痛苦
• vt. 扭伤；挣脱
• vi. 猛扭；曲解

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 猛扭,猛拉

   twist; pull violently

2. vt. 歪曲,曲解

   distort (facts, the meaning of a sentence, etc.)

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 扳手，扳钳，扳头
2. 扭伤
3. 猛扭；扭转；拧；猛拉
4. 歪曲，曲解
5. 痛苦的离别，离别时的痛苦，伤别，痛苦，难受
6. 【物】偶单力组
7. 突然的悲痛

v. 动词

1. 猛扭；猛拧；猛绞；猛拉
2. 抢，攫取，夺去
3. 歪曲，曲解
4. 折磨，使痛苦，使十分难过，使悲痛
5. 扭转（身子）；扭动
6. 拧去，扭去，扭断，把...拧（掉）
7. 把...撬（开）
8. 猛地一打
9. 把...猛地拉（开）
10. 挫伤（身体的关节），扭伤
11. 牵强附会

英英释义

Noun:

1. a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;

   "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"
   "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"
   

2. a jerky pulling movement

3. a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

Verb:

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"
   

2. make a sudden twisting motion

3. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish;

   "Wring one's hand"
   

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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It's hard to get at the spark plug without a proper wrench.
   没有一把合适的扳钳，要抓住那个火花塞是困难的。
2. The knob broke off when he gave it a sudden wrench.
   当他突然扭了一下球形把手，它便断了。
3. Leaving home was a terrible wrench for him.
   他觉得离开家十分痛苦。
4. She couldn't stand the wrench of departure.
   她受不了离别的痛苦。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Be careful. Don't wrench yourself.
   小心点，别扭伤了。
2. She wrenched herself from the villain's clutches.
   她挣脱了那恶棍的掌握。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. I had to wrench the lid off the bottle.
   我只好把瓶盖拧开。
2. Throwing a potential wrench in the new discovery, other scientists say they had already identified the species and given it another name.
   排除了新发现的曲解的可能性，其他科学家们也表示已经认同了这个物种并另给它一个命名。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. All of a sudden her heart wrenched.
   霎时间她心痛如刀绞。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. She wrenched her arm badly.
   她手臂扭伤得很厉害。
2. In the accident she wrenched her neck.
   在那次事故中她把脖子扭伤了。
3. She wrenched her ankle when she fell down the steps.
   她下楼梯时扭伤了踝部。
4. He wrenched the meaning of the word.
   他曲解了这个词的含义。
5. Don't wrench the facts in order to make the report more exciting.
   不要为了使报告更为生动而歪曲事实。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. + adj.

1. I wrenched the handle open.
   我猛转把手把门打开。
2. His hands had been tied behind his back, but he managed to wrench one hand free and untied himself.
   他的两手被反捆在背后,但他设法挣脱了一只手把自己解开了。

经典引文

• He gave a convulsive wrench of his whole body.

  出自： W. Golding

• We hurtled furiously on, wrenched right and left to avoid collisions.

  出自： J. Reed

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

wrench from (v.+prep.)

从…拉出来 pull sth from sth
wrench sth from sth
He wrenched the bag from her hand.

他从她手中猛然拉走了提包。
He wrenched an apple from the branch.

他从树枝上揪下一个苹果。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• wrench one's ankle 扭伤踝部
• wrench one's arm 手臂扭伤
• wrench one's neck 扭伤脖子

～+介词

• wrench from 从…拉出来

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. wrench的基本意思是“猛拉”“猛扭”,指用很强的力把物体朝自己所在的方向或跟着自己移动,有时也可指朝某一方向转动。用于比喻可表示“歪曲”“曲解”等。
2. wrench的既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语,也可接由形容词充当补足语的复合宾语。

近反义词

【近义词】

• pull 拉
• twist 缠绕
• sprain 扭伤
• injure 伤害
• strain 拉紧
• rick 干草堆
• turn 翻转
• wring 拧
• jerk 急动
• hurt 损害
• wrest 夺取
• crick 痛性痉挛
• yank 猛拉
• tug 用力拉
• contort (使)扭曲
• distortion 扭曲
• pry 打听
• pervert 误用
• wrick （使）扭伤
• spanner 扳手