spanner
扳手,扳钳,扳机,扳手类
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- : a person or thing that spans.
- : Also called spanner wrench . a wrench having a curved head with a hook or pin at one end for engaging notches or holes in collars, certain kinds of nuts, etc.Compare pin wrench.
- : Chiefly British. a wrench, especially one with fixed jaws.
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Regulators in other countries could also put a spanner in the works.
The Daily Pic: Her "appropriations" of August Sander throw a spanner in art's works.
When C is almost as tight as it can be made, it is held by one spanner, while B is turned back through a small angle with another.
The spanner caught him on the shoulder, and he grunted in pain, but he kept on moving away from Mellon.
Behind him were Chief Multhaus, also armed with a stun gun, and four members of the power crew, each armed with a heavy spanner.
He was working at it with a spanner when O'Donoghue, breathless and in a bad temper, came up with him.
Always have a spanner sticking out of a pocket, and a hunk of bread and cheese tied up in a coloured handkerchief in our hands.