wrenches的中文翻译是什么意思

VERB猛拉;猛拧;猛拽

If you wrench something that is fixed in a particular position, you pull or twist it violently, in order to move or remove it.

• He felt two men wrench the suitcase from his hand...

  他感觉有两个人在使劲拽他手里的手提箱。

• He wrenched off his sneakers...

  他使劲儿脱下运动鞋。

VERB挣脱;挣开

If you wrench yourself free from someone who is holding you, you get away from them by suddenly twisting the part of your body that is being held.

• She wrenched herself from his grasp...

  她从他手里挣脱开来。

• He wrenched his arm free...

  他把手臂挣脱开来。

VERB扭伤(关节)

If you wrench one of your joints, you twist it and injure it.

• He had wrenched his ankle badly from the force of the fall.

  他因摔倒而严重扭伤了脚踝。

N-SING(离别时的)痛苦，愁楚

If you say that leaving someone or something is a wrench, you feel very sad about it.

• I always knew it would be a wrench to leave Essex after all these years...

  我一直心里清楚过了这么多年后离开埃塞克斯会非常痛苦。

• Many of the things are of great sentimental value and it is going to be a wrench parting with them...

  其中很多东西都具有重要的情感价值，令人难以割舍。

N-COUNT扳钳；活动扳手

A wrench or a monkey wrench is an adjustable metal tool used for tightening or loosening metal nuts of different sizes.

PHRASE作梗;阻挠

If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.

• Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.

  他们的代表团本周提出了各种细枝末节的反对意见，极在地阻挠了进程。