n.扳鉗，扳手；猛扭；痛苦

vt.扭傷；掙脫

vi.猛扭；曲解

It's hard to get at the spark plug without a proper wrench. 沒(méi)有一把合適的扳鉗，要抓住那個(gè)火花塞是困難的。

The knob broke off when he gave it a sudden wrench. 當(dāng)他突然扭了一下球形把手，它便斷了。

Leaving home was a terrible wrench for him. 他覺(jué)得離開(kāi)家十分痛苦。

She couldn't stand the wrench of departure. 她受不了離別的痛苦。

Be careful. Don't wrench yourself. 小心點(diǎn)，別扭傷了。

She wrenched herself from the villain's clutches. 她掙脫了那惡棍的掌握。

I had to wrench the lid off the bottle. 我只好把瓶蓋擰開(kāi)。

wrench的基本意思是“猛拉”“猛扭”,指用很強(qiáng)的力把物體朝自己所在的方向或跟著自己移動(dòng),有時(shí)也可指朝某一方向轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)。用于比喻可表示“歪曲”“曲解”等。

wrench的既可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),接名詞、代詞作賓語(yǔ),也可接由形容詞充當(dāng)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)的復(fù)合賓語(yǔ)。