| 单词 | wrench |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [rentʃ] |
| 解释 | v.扭，拧；n.板钳，扳手 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.扭，拧 (to move with a violent twist) 【例】 wrench a screw off(用力拧下螺钉) |
| 字源 | wrench (v.) Old English wrencan "to twist," from Proto-Germanic *wrankjan (cognates: Old High German renken, German renken "to twist, wrench," Old English wringan "to wring"), from PIE *wreng- "to turn" (cognates: Sanskrit vrnakti "turns, twists," Lithuanian rengtis "to grow crooked, to writhe"), nasalized variant of *werg- "to turn" (cognates: Latin vergere "to turn, tend toward"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). Related: Wrenched, wrenching. wrench (n.) Old English wrenc "a twisting, artifice, trick;" see wrench (v.). The meaning "tool with jaws at one end for turning or holding" is first recorded 1794. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 扭曲; 扭伤; n 扳手 【记】wr = wry(v 扭曲), ench |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】wrest, wring(ch=g) 扭, 拧；ring inch 将圈环扭一英寸；wre-扭 + ch音：尺，用来扭的尺→扳手 |
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