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wrench n.扳钳，扳手；猛扭；痛苦vt.扭伤；挣脱vi.猛扭；曲解 (1) 没有一把合适的扳钳，要抓住那个火花塞是困难的。(2) 他觉得离开家十分痛苦。(3) 她受不了离别的痛苦。(4) 小心点，别扭伤了。(5) 她挣脱了那恶棍的掌握。(6) 我只好把瓶盖拧开。(7) 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。 Maybe you have a wrench at home, that is, a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or a pipe joint. If so, you also have a great way to remember what wrench the verb means. Just imagine you're twisting with a wrench, except instead of using a tool, you’re using your hands. If something is heart wrenching, it makes you feel very sad. If you wrench a part of your body, you strain, pull or twist it, injuring yourself in some way.

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英 [rentʃ] 美 [rentʃ] (1) It's hard to get at the spark plug without a proper wrench.(2) Leaving home was a terrible wrench for him.(3) She couldn't stand the wrench of departure.(4) Be careful. Don't wrench yourself.(5) She wrenched herself from the villain's clutches.(6) I had to wrench the lid off the bottle.(7) Throwing a potential wrench in the new discovery, other scientists say they had already identified the species and given it another name. To wrench means to grab or pull something with a lot of physical force. See this teddy bear? If you want it, you’ll have to wrench it out of my hands, because I’m not willing to give it up. 1[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。2[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。3[VERB 动词]扭伤(关节) If you wrench one of your joints, you twist it and injure it.   [V n]He had wrenched his ankle badly from the force of the fall.他因摔倒而严重扭伤了脚踝。4[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。5[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. 6[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.   [V inflects]  [AM 美]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

英语单词	wrench
英美音标	英 [rentʃ] 美 [rentʃ]
中文释义	n.扳钳，扳手；猛扭；痛苦 vt.扭伤；挣脱 vi.猛扭；曲解
英语例句	(1) It's hard to get at the spark plug without a proper wrench. (2) Leaving home was a terrible wrench for him. (3) She couldn't stand the wrench of departure. (4) Be careful. Don't wrench yourself. (5) She wrenched herself from the villain's clutches. (6) I had to wrench the lid off the bottle. (7) Throwing a potential wrench in the new discovery, other scientists say they had already identified the species and given it another name.
中文例句	(1) 没有一把合适的扳钳，要抓住那个火花塞是困难的。 (2) 他觉得离开家十分痛苦。 (3) 她受不了离别的痛苦。 (4) 小心点，别扭伤了。 (5) 她挣脱了那恶棍的掌握。 (6) 我只好把瓶盖拧开。 (7) 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。
vocabulary简明	To wrench means to grab or pull something with a lot of physical force. See this teddy bear? If you want it, you’ll have to wrench it out of my hands, because I’m not willing to give it up.
vocabulary扩展	Maybe you have a wrench at home, that is, a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or a pipe joint. If so, you also have a great way to remember what wrench the verb means. Just imagine you're twisting with a wrench, except instead of using a tool, you’re using your hands. If something is heart wrenching, it makes you feel very sad. If you wrench a part of your body, you strain, pull or twist it, injuring yourself in some way.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。 3 [VERB 动词]扭伤(关节) If you wrench one of your joints, you twist it and injure it. [V n] He had wrenched his ankle badly from the force of the fall. 他因摔倒而严重扭伤了脚踝。 4 [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。 5 [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. 6 [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. [V inflects] [AM 美] 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

Wrench [V N Ed Twist I Pull Verb