wrenches的中文翻譯是什麼意思

VERB猛拉;猛擰;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...

  他感覺有兩個人在使勁拽他手裡的手提箱。

• He wrenched off his sneakers...

  他使勁兒脫下運動鞋。

VERB掙脫;掙開

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...

  她從他手裡掙脫開來。

• He wrenched his arm free...

  他把手臂掙脫開來。

VERB扭傷(關節)

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.

  他因摔倒而嚴重扭傷了腳踝。

N-SING(離別時的)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...

  我一直心裡清楚過了這麼多年後離開埃塞克斯會非常痛苦。

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

  其中很多東西都具有重要的情感價值，令人難以割捨。

N-COUNT扳鉗；活動扳手

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

PHRASE作梗;阻撓

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.

  他們的代表團本週提出了各種細枝末節的反對意見，極在地阻撓了程序。