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[VERB 动词]猛拉;猛拧;猛拽 If you
wrench something that is fixed in a particular position, you pull or twist it violently, in order to move or remove it.
[V n prep]
[V n with adv]
[V n with adj]
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。
He wrenched off his sneakers...
他使劲儿脱下运动鞋。
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。
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[VERB 动词]挣脱;挣开 If you
wrench yourself free from someone who is holding you, you get away from them by suddenly twisting the part of your body that is being held.
[V pron-refl prep]
[V n adj]
[V adj]
[V n adv]
She wrenched herself from his grasp...
她从他手里挣脱开来。
He wrenched his arm free...
他把手臂挣脱开来。
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。
I wrenched my hand away from my attacker.
我用力把手从袭击者手里挣脱出来。
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[VERB 动词]扭伤(关节) If you
wrench one of your joints, you twist it and injure it.
He had wrenched his ankle badly from the force of the fall.
他因摔倒而严重扭伤了脚踝。
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[N-SING 单数名词](离别时的)痛苦,愁楚 If you say that leaving someone or something is
a wrench, you feel very sad about it.
[usu a N to-inf/-ing]
[BRIT 英]
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。
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。
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]扳钳;活动扳手 A
wrench or a
monkey wrench is an adjustable metal tool used for tightening or loosening metal nuts of different sizes.
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[PHRASE 短语]作梗;阻挠 If someone
throws a wrench or
throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
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