Wrench

[ren(t)ʃ] or [rɛntʃ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt.

(noun.) a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; 'the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell'; 'he was sidelined with a hamstring pull'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) make a sudden twisting motion.

錄入:佩内洛普--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

(v. t.) A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.

(v. t.) A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.

(v. t.) Means; contrivance.

(v. t.) An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes.

(v. t.) The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.

(n.) To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.

(n.) To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.

編輯:威尔玛

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Wrest, wring, twist.[2]. Sprain, strain, distort.

n. [1]. Twist.[2]. Sprain, strain.[3]. Screw-key.

編輯:帕梅拉

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Wrest, twist, distort, strain, extort, wring,[See HAVOC]

布丽奇特編輯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to wring or pull with a twist: to force by violence: to sprain.—v.i. to undergo a violent wrenching.—n. a violent twist: a sprain: an instrument for turning bolts &c.: in coursing bringing the hare round at less than a right angle—half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.

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