wrenched

英 [rentʃt]

美 [rentʃt]

v.  猛拉; 猛扭; 猛拧; 扭伤(脚踝、肩膀等); 使痛苦，使十分难过(尤指以致哭喊出声)
wrench的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 猛拉;猛拧;猛拽
  If youwrenchsomething that is fixed in a particular position, you pull or twist it violently, in order to move or remove it.
  1. He felt two men wrench the suitcase from his hand...
     他感觉有两个人在使劲拽他手里的手提箱。
  2. He wrenched off his sneakers...
     他使劲儿脱下运动鞋。
  3. They wrenched open the passenger doors and jumped into her car.
     他们使劲拽开后座车门，跳进了她的车子。
• VERB 挣脱;挣开
  If youwrenchyourself free from someone who is holding you, you get away from them by suddenly twisting the part of your body that is being held.
  1. She wrenched herself from his grasp...
     她从他手里挣脱开来。
  2. He wrenched his arm free...
     他把手臂挣脱开来。
  3. She tore at one man's face as she tried to wrench free...
     她试图挣脱时朝一个男子的脸上抓去。
  4. I wrenched my hand away from my attacker.
     我用力把手从袭击者手里挣脱出来。
• VERB 扭伤(关节)
  If youwrenchone of your joints, you twist it and injure it.
  1. He had wrenched his ankle badly from the force of the fall.
     他因摔倒而严重扭伤了脚踝。
• N-SING (离别时的)痛苦，愁楚
  If you say that leaving someone or something isa wrench, you feel very sad about it.
  1. I always knew it would be a wrench to leave Essex after all these years...
     我一直心里清楚过了这么多年后离开埃塞克斯会非常痛苦。
  2. Many of the things are of great sentimental value and it is going to be a wrench parting with them...
     其中很多东西都具有重要的情感价值，令人难以割舍。
  3. Although it would be a wrench, we would all accept the challenge of moving abroad.
     虽然移居海外会很痛苦，但我们都愿意接受这个挑战。
• 扳钳；活动扳手
  Awrenchor amonkey wrenchis an adjustable metal tool used for tightening or loosening metal nuts of different sizes.
• PHRASE 作梗;阻挠
  If someonethrows a wrenchorthrows a monkey wrenchinto a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
  1. Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.
     他们的代表团本周提出了各种细枝末节的反对意见，极在地阻挠了进程。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 throw a spanner in the works

双语例句

• He wrenched the knob off when he was trying to open the door.
  他试图开门时把门柄扭掉了。
• He wrenched the fowl's head off.
  他拧下了鸟头。
• She must have wrenched her ankle when she fell.
  她准是跌倒时把脚腕子给产歪了。
• For once he was wrenched out of his wonted calm.
  这一次，他陡然失去了惯常的宁静态度。
• With an effort, she wrenched herself from his hold and ran off. The dog slipped his leash.
  她用力挣脱他跑掉了。那条狗挣脱皮带逃走。
• As he fell he wrenched his back.
  他摔倒时把背扭伤了。
• The baseball player wrenched his ankle on the play.
  垒球队员在比赛时扭伤了踝部。
• I wrenched my waist.
  我扭伤了腰。
• He wrenched the crutch from Jacob, who didn't fight him for it
  他猛地抢走了雅各布的拐杖，而雅各布并没有反抗。
• He had wrenched his ankle badly from the force of the fall.
  他因摔倒而严重扭伤了脚踝。