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Definition of monkey wrench in English: monkey wrenchnoun An adjustable spanner with large jaws that has its adjusting screw located in the jaw that is fixed. 活扳手，螺丝扳手 Example sentencesExamples - Today he described how he tried to fight off the carjackers as they battered him with a monkey wrench.
- ‘Maybe,’ replied Adam, with a loud grunt as he turned the monkey wrench one last time.
- The constable paused to grab a heavy monkey wrench and he put it back down and pulled out the far shorter regulation truncheon.
- In July, three masked robbers threatened security guards with a monkey wrench and a shotgun before stealing cash from the bank.
- He went for his victim with a monkey wrench, and was only stopped when a passing van driver saw what was happening.
- Two masked men dragged the insurance broker from his car and battered him on the head with a monkey wrench in an attempt to steal his car.
- Called a bobbejaan spanner in this country, it's referred to as a monkey wrench in other parts of the English-speaking world.
- He hid there while the other man used a monkey wrench to smash his car windows, causing £2,500 damage, before getting back into his car and driving off at speed.
- They taught me how to work the wrench, the monkey wrench, so I kind of had to do a bit of training, to be honest with you.
- If you ask that one more time, I will have to bludgeon you with a monkey wrench.
- Last, but not least, what tool kit is not complete without a monkey wrench.
- Consider a multi-wrench for those all-purpose jobs, but also add a pipe wrench, a spud wrench, strap and chain wrench, and a monkey wrench.
- Ben turned just in time to get a monkey wrench to the head.
- It wasn't a monkey wrench like the cops thought, but in fact it was a gasfitter's wrench and it was that long.
- Our first mistake inside the roof was to drop the monkey wrench.
- Then he turned back to his motorcycle, while I wiped away my tears and retrieved his monkey wrench.
- They smashed the passenger window with a monkey wrench, hit the 53-year-old driver on the arm and grabbed the parcels from the back of the van.
- Your great-Uncle Jack, inventor of the left-handed monkey wrench, left you $250,000.
Synonyms spanner, adjustable spanner
verb [with object]informal Sabotage (something), especially as a form of protest. 〈非正式〉破坏（尤指表示抗议的一种形式） they will spike trees and monkeywrench any attempts to log in wilderness areas the five defendants received jail sentences for monkey-wrenching 五个被告因搞破坏被判入狱。 Example sentencesExamples - This film is the director's latest nonchalant monkey-wrenching of reality, and is no different than his previous work.
- More than a narrative of organizing, demonstrating and monkey-wrenching, it places Earth First!
- For years, they were seen as the power behind attempted monkey-wrenching to the state's environmental laws and its stiff anti-corporate farming law.
- ‘They would have let me out after a month if I'd expressed remorse,’ he says, ‘but we couldn't let them think jailing me would stop monkey-wrenching.’
Derivativesnoun What would Abbey's principal monkey-wrencher think of a trail named after him?
Definition of monkey wrench in US English: monkey wrenchnounˈməNGkē ˌrenCHˈməŋki ˌrɛntʃ An adjustable wrench with large jaws that has its adjusting screw contained in the handle. 活扳手，螺丝扳手 Example sentencesExamples - It wasn't a monkey wrench like the cops thought, but in fact it was a gasfitter's wrench and it was that long.
- Today he described how he tried to fight off the carjackers as they battered him with a monkey wrench.
- ‘Maybe,’ replied Adam, with a loud grunt as he turned the monkey wrench one last time.
- Your great-Uncle Jack, inventor of the left-handed monkey wrench, left you $250,000.
- The constable paused to grab a heavy monkey wrench and he put it back down and pulled out the far shorter regulation truncheon.
- If you ask that one more time, I will have to bludgeon you with a monkey wrench.
- Two masked men dragged the insurance broker from his car and battered him on the head with a monkey wrench in an attempt to steal his car.
- Our first mistake inside the roof was to drop the monkey wrench.
- Ben turned just in time to get a monkey wrench to the head.
- He went for his victim with a monkey wrench, and was only stopped when a passing van driver saw what was happening.
- Consider a multi-wrench for those all-purpose jobs, but also add a pipe wrench, a spud wrench, strap and chain wrench, and a monkey wrench.
- They smashed the passenger window with a monkey wrench, hit the 53-year-old driver on the arm and grabbed the parcels from the back of the van.
- They taught me how to work the wrench, the monkey wrench, so I kind of had to do a bit of training, to be honest with you.
- In July, three masked robbers threatened security guards with a monkey wrench and a shotgun before stealing cash from the bank.
- Then he turned back to his motorcycle, while I wiped away my tears and retrieved his monkey wrench.
- He hid there while the other man used a monkey wrench to smash his car windows, causing £2,500 damage, before getting back into his car and driving off at speed.
- Called a bobbejaan spanner in this country, it's referred to as a monkey wrench in other parts of the English-speaking world.
- Last, but not least, what tool kit is not complete without a monkey wrench.
Synonyms spanner, adjustable spanner
verbˈməNGkē ˌrenCHˈməŋki ˌrɛntʃ [with object]informal Sabotage (something), especially as a form of protest. 〈非正式〉破坏（尤指表示抗议的一种形式） the five defendants who received jail sentences for monkeywrenching 五个被告因搞破坏被判入狱。 Example sentencesExamples - More than a narrative of organizing, demonstrating and monkey-wrenching, it places Earth First!
- This film is the director's latest nonchalant monkey-wrenching of reality, and is no different than his previous work.
- ‘They would have let me out after a month if I'd expressed remorse,’ he says, ‘but we couldn't let them think jailing me would stop monkey-wrenching.’
- For years, they were seen as the power behind attempted monkey-wrenching to the state's environmental laws and its stiff anti-corporate farming law.
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