wrest 的 2 个定义
- to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
- to take away by force: to wrest a knife from a child.
- to get by effort: to wrest a living from the soil.
- to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, meaning, or the like; wrench.
- a wresting; twist or wrench.
- a key or small wrench for tuning stringed musical instruments, as the harp or piano, by turning the pins to which the strings are fastened.
wrest 近义词
snatch
更多wrest例句
- Will the Republican finally wrest control of the Senate from the Democrats?
- She could never seem to wrest free any back royalties, but she always seemed to owe back taxes.
- The military made an aggressive push to wrest control over drone targeting decisions away from the president.
- Robert Shrum on the four tricks the GOP might use to wrest back control.
- Jade asked Strong if she was ever at a loss for ideas and if so, how she might wrest herself from a slump.
- To fix on any one stage in such an evolution, detach it, affirm it, is to wrest a true scripture to its destruction.
- It had become evident that a formidable rebellion threatened to wrest the Siberian provinces from the Russian crown.
- "It's mine," coaxed Marjorie, trying to wrest it from Nannie.
- It is not every man who can wrest vast wealth from the turmoils of a “Black Friday.”
- She was going to wrest the dish forcibly from my hands, beat me with her fists, and let me feel all her ill-will.