wrench  /r'ɛntʃ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  wrench
  扳鉗,扳手,猛扭,扭傷,歪曲,痛苦(vt.)猛扭,扭傷,曲解,搶,折磨(vi.)猛扭

資料來源(2): Taiwan MOE computer dictionary [moecomp]

  wrench
  扳手

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Wrench \Wrench\ (r[e^]nch), n. [OE. wrench deceit, AS. wrenc
     deceit, a twisting; akin to G. rank intrigue, crookedness,
     renken to bend, twist, and E. wring. [root]144. See {Wring},
     and cf. {Ranch}, v. t.]
     1. Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. [Obs.]
  
              His wily wrenches thou ne mayst not flee. --Chaucer.
  
     2. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
  
              He wringeth them such a wrench.       --Skelton.
  
              The injurious effect upon biographic literature of
              all such wrenches to the truth, is diffused
              everywhere.                           --De Quincey.
  
     3. A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.
  
     4. Means; contrivance. [Obs.] --Bacon.
  
     5. An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an
        angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for
        exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts,
        screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have
        adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different
        sizes.
  
     6. (Mech.) The system made up of a force and a couple of
        forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number
        of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be
        compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.
  
     {Carriage wrench}, a wrench adapted for removing or
        tightening the nuts that confine the wheels on the axles,
        or for turning the other nuts or bolts of a carriage or
        wagon.
  
     {Monkey wrench}. See under {Monkey}.
  
     {Wrench hammer}, a wrench with the end shaped so as to admit
        of being used as a hammer.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Wrench \Wrench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrenched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Wrenching}.] [OE. wrenchen, AS. wrencan to deceive,
     properly, to twist, from wrenc guile, deceit, a twisting.
     ????. See {Wrench}, n.]
     1. To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by
        violence.
  
              Wrench his sword from him.            --Shak.
  
              Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched With a
              woeful agony.                         --Coleridge.
  
     2. To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.
  
              You wrenched your foot against a stone. --Swift.

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  wrench
       n 1: a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his
            knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a
            hamstring pull" [syn: {twist}, {pull}]
       2: a jerky pulling movement [syn: {twist}]
       3: a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
          [syn: {spanner}]
       v 1: twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to
            remove (something) from that to which it is attached or
            from where it originates; "wrench a window off its
            hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a
            deep sigh was wrenched from his chest" [syn: {twist}]
       2: make a sudden twisting motion
       3: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's
          hand" [syn: {wring}]
       4: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The
          wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their
          ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't
          walk for several days" [syn: {twist}, {sprain}, {turn}, {wrick},
           {rick}]