wrench 的 3 个定义
- to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist: He wrenched the prisoner's wrist.
- to overstrain or injure by a sudden, violent twist: When she fell, she wrenched her ankle.
- to affect distressingly as if by a wrench.
- to wrest, as from the right use or meaning: to wrench the facts out of context.
- to twist, turn, or move suddenly aside: He wrenched away.
- to give a wrench or twist at something.
- a wrenching movement; a sudden, violent twist: With a quick wrench, she freed herself.
- a painful, straining twist, as of the ankle or wrist.
- a sharp, distressing strain, as to the feelings.
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wrench 近义词
jerk, force violently
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- Still, remdesivir is complicated to make and supplies are limited, so researchers are testing other drugs that might also throw wrenches into the coronavirus’s replication machinery.
- With a wrench thrown into traditional voting procedures because of the coronavirus pandemic, partisans on both sides of the aisle are already tossing around the possibility of a messy election—and perhaps one where one side contests the results.
- However, a wrench in the plan would be TikTok’s ad-supported business.
- Though it may not seem like it right now—Covid-19 has thrown a big wrench in all kinds of statistics regarding both the present and the future—human well-being has been on a steady upward trajectory for the past couple decades.
- To tune a piano, Mitchell uses a wrench to turn metal tuning pins attached to the strings.
- Hillary Clinton, he argues, throws a wrench into the system.
- Presently he dropped his hammer, and fussed about for a moment with a tiny wrench.
- Now the government of President François Hollande is throwing a wrench into the American rush toward peace with Iran.
- Factories were hiring anyone who could breathe and turn a wrench.
- And you know what could really throw a monkey wrench into the whole effort?
- Here the Dimbula shot down a hollow, lying almost on her side—righting at the bottom with a wrench and a spasm.
- It may be that, having made up my mind before leaving England, I accomplished a final wrench and adjustment.
- I fancy it was pretty well turned, and that made the wrench during the small hours the more severe.
- Let them not seek to wrench the affections from the channel in which they flowed, when fresh from their source.
- Presently the cords were tightened, by means of a wrench, without the pressure causing much pain to the young Reformer.