| 释义 |
wrench/ren(t)ʃ/ n. & v.●n. 1 a violent twist or oblique pull or act of tearing off 猛扭，猛拧；撕扯 2 an adjustable tool like a spanner for gripping and turning nuts etc. 扳钳，扳手 3 an instance of painful uprooting or parting (离别等的)痛苦，难受 leaving home was a great wrench 离开家是极大的痛苦 4 Mech. a combination of a couple with a force along its axis 【机】偶单力组 ●v. tr. 1 twist or pull violently round or sideways 猛扭，猛拧 2 (often foll. by 常后跟 off, away, etc.) pull off with a wrench 用力拧下 3 distort (facts) to suit a theory etc. 歪曲，曲解 [(earlier as verb:) Old English wrencan ‘twist’] |