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

• The baseball player wrenched his ankle on the play.
  垒球队员在比赛时扭伤了踝部。
• He wrenched his ankle in falling from the horse.
  他从马上跌下时扭伤了脚踝。
• He sprained ( strained, wrenched) his ankle by a fall.
  他摔了一跤扭了脚脖子。
• Harry wrenched his ankle when he jumped down from the fence.
  哈里从围墙上跳下来时扭伤了脚踝。
• He wrenched the bag from her hand.
  他从她手中猛然拉走了提包。
• 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。
• He wrenched the bag from my hand.
  他猛地一下把包儿从我手中夺了过去。
• 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。
• The second woman caught the first and seized her arm, but the other wrenched it away.
  第二个女人赶上第一个女人，抓住她的胳膊，但被她挣脱开了。
• She wrenched her arm badly.
  她手臂扭伤得很厉害。