
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. 他覺得離開家十分痛苦。
She couldn't stand the wrench of departure. 她受不了離別的痛苦。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)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。
用作不及物動(dòng)詞 (vi.)I had to wrench the lid off the bottle. 我只好把瓶蓋擰開。
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)。