wrench
US: /ˈɹɛntʃ/
UK: /ɹˈɛntʃ/
UK: /ɹˈɛntʃ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
wrench /rentʃ/
- danh từ
- sự vặn mạnh, sự xoắn; sự giật mạnh
- sự trật, sự sái (chân, mắt cá)
- he gave a wrench to his ankle: anh ta trật mắt cá
- nỗi đau đớn khổ sở (do bị chia lìa, do có người thân phải đi xa lâu)
- (kỹ thuật) chìa vặn đai ốc
- ngoại động từ
- vặn mạnh, xoắn; giật mạnh
- to wrench the door open: giật toang cửa
- (y học) làm trật, làm sái (mắt cá...)
- làm trẹo đi, làm trệch đi, làm sai đi (nghĩ một từ); xuyên tạc, bóp méo (sự việc, sự thật...)
- vặn mạnh, xoắn; giật mạnh
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 to pull or twist sth/sb/yourself suddenly and violently: [VN, usually +adv./prep.] The bag was wrenched from her grasp. + He grabbed Ben, wrenching him away from his mother. + (figurative) Guy wrenched his mind back to the present. + [VN-ADJ] They wrenched the door open. + She managed to wrench herself free. [also V]
2 [VN] to twist and injure a part of your body, especially your ankle or shoulder: She wrenched her knee when she fell.
3 ~ sth (from sb)
~ (at) sth (formal) to make sb feel great pain or unhappiness, especially so that they make a sound or cry: [VN] His words wrenched a sob from her. + [V] Her words wrenched at my heart. + a wrenching experience
+ noun
1 (especially AmE) (BrE usually spanner) [C] a metal tool with a specially shaped end for holding and turning things, including one which can be adjusted to fit objects of different sizes, also called a MONKEY WRENCH or an ADJUSTABLE SPANNER
2 [sing.] pain or unhappiness that you feel when you have to leave a person or place that you love: Leaving home was a terrible wrench for me.
3 [C, usually sing.] a sudden and violent twist or pull: She stumbled and gave her ankle a painful wrench.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 yank, twist, jerk, force, pull, tug, tear, wring, rip, wrest:
The gun was wrenched from my grasp, breaking my finger.
2 strain, sprain, twist, overstrain:
After she wrenched her ankle on the ladder, Mary couldn't walk for a week.
3 extract, wrest, wring, force, pry, draw:
The only way they could wrench the information from Michael was by torturing him.
n.
4 yank, twist, jerk, pull, tug, rip:
One wrench at the doorknob and it came off in my hand.
5 pang, pain, agony, torture, blow, ache, throe, anguish, sadness, grief, heartbreak:
The severest wrench at my heartstrings came when we had to part.
6 Brit spanner, shifting spanner, adjustable spanner, US monkey wrench:
We need metric wrenches to work on your car.
Concise English dictionary
wrenches|wrenched|wrenchingrentʃ
noun
+a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
+a jerky pulling movement
+a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
verb
+twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
+make a sudden twisting motion
+twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
+twist suddenly so as to sprain
