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wrenching

/rench/US // rɛntʃ //UK // (rɛntʃ) //

扳动,扳道,扳机,扳道工

Related Words

wrest搏斗,摔跤,搏击,角力tweak调整,调剂,调校,调节distort歪曲,歪曲事实,扭曲,曲解rip撕裂,裂缝,撕开,撕毁bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯dislocate错位,脱臼,脱位,脱节wring拧,揝,拧动,拧干sprain扭伤,扭伤了,扭伤的,扭伤身体yank扬州,扬长避短,扬子,扬长而去dislodge去除,脱离,去除障碍,去除掉pull牵引,牵引力,牵引物,牵引器pervert色狼,变态人,变态,色鬼rend和,归还,归还原物,归还的screw螺丝钉,螺钉,螺丝,螺杆tear撕裂,泪水,眼泪,撕扯pinch钳制,掐死,掐断,钳子compel强制,强迫,强制要求,迫使coerce胁迫,逼迫,迫胁,迫害contort扭曲,歪曲,扭曲变形,痉挛twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to twist, turn, or move suddenly aside: He wrenched away.
    • : to give a wrench or twist at something.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.
    • : a twisting or distortion, as of meaning.
    • : a tool for gripping and turning or twisting the head of a bolt, a nut, a pipe, or the like, commonly consisting of a bar of metal with fixed or adjustable jaws.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbjerk, force violently
Synonyms
bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯dislocate错位,脱臼,脱位,脱节distort歪曲,歪曲事实,扭曲,曲解rip撕裂,裂缝,撕开,撕毁sprain扭伤,扭伤了,扭伤的,扭伤身体tweak调整,调剂,调校,调节wrest搏斗,摔跤,搏击,角力wring拧,揝,拧动,拧干yank扬州,扬长避短,扬子,扬长而去coerce胁迫,逼迫,迫胁,迫害compel强制,强迫,强制要求,迫使contort扭曲,歪曲,扭曲变形,痉挛dislodge去除,脱离,去除障碍,去除掉drag拖动,拖累,拖拽,拖曳exact确实,精确的,精准的,确实的extract提取,摘录,提炼,提取物pervert色狼,变态人,变态,色鬼pinch钳制,掐死,掐断,钳子pull牵引,牵引力,牵引物,牵引器rend和,归还,归还原物,归还的screw螺丝钉,螺钉,螺丝,螺杆squeeze挤压,挤兑,挤压式,挤出strain应变,应力,应变能力,应变性tear撕裂,泪水,眼泪,撕扯tug拔河,拖船,强拉硬拽,强拉twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了

Examples

  • With a mold to shape their composite, the scientists made a working wrench.

  • Sometimes producers introduce special “powers” that can throw a wrench into things.

  • The latter point throws a big wrench into proponents of a “herd immunity” approach wherein you simply let enough people get infected and become immune.

  • Then, in his second year on the job, Culp got thrown a monkey wrench in the form of the coronavirus.

  • Though the pandemic has thrown a wrench in the growth of China’s middle class, it is nonetheless growing, meaning millions more people per year have the means to acquire possessions like cars.

  • Dickens was a master of heart-wrenching pathos because he felt every pain as he wrote.

  • Minors are some of the most heart-wrenching cases of police shootings.

  • Dern, then, is responsible for carrying the emotional weight of some of the most wrenching scenes in the pair of tearjerkers.

  • The idea that this journey is being transformed into a “pay-per-prayer” weekend, as Sardar notes, is heart wrenching and worrying.

  • And throughout her interview, Maynard stresses the importance of her family during this heart-wrenching time.

  • "I don't believe in such folly," cried Dorothy angrily, wrenching her hand from the woman's grasp.

  • Then I felt a sharp wrenching and a great pain in my neck, to which it seemed my departed head had, after all, returned.

  • He staggered for an instant, and she succeeded, at last, in wrenching open the door.

  • Wrenching himself loose from the curtain, he jumped and landed on Michael's back.

  • "Shot in the hand, I understand," Mayhan went on, wrenching the bag open at length with considerable fuss and feather.

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