- 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。 - They wrenched open the passenger doors and jumped into her car.
他们使劲拽开后座车门,跳进了她的车子。
- 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。 - She tore at one man's face as she tried to wrench free...
她试图挣脱时朝一个男子的脸上抓去。 - I wrenched my hand away from my attacker.
我用力把手从袭击者手里挣脱出来。
- 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。 - Although it would be a wrench, we would all accept the challenge of moving abroad.
虽然移居海外会很痛苦,但我们都愿意接受这个挑战。
- 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。
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 throw a spanner in the works