adjustable wrench
collocation活动扳手
Use an adjustable wrench to tighten the faucet nut.
用活动扳手拧紧水龙头螺母。
猛扭；猛拉；扭拽；扭伤；挫伤；离别的痛苦；心痛；曲解；歪曲；力螺旋（力与力矩的螺旋矢量）
a hand tool used for gripping, turning, or holding nuts and bolts
扭动或猛烈拉扯的动作；猛拉
A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
肌肉或韧带的剧烈拉伤
a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
因肢体猛烈扭动或拉扯造成的伤害；拉伤,扭伤
An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
急促的拉扯动作
a jerky pulling movement
从原意的扭曲变化
A distorting change from the original meaning.
用于握住或扭转螺母或螺栓的手动工具
a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
因分离引起的剧烈情感变化
A violent emotional change caused by separation.
在螺旋理论中,由应用牛顿定律于刚体产生的力和扭矩向量组成的螺旋
In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
在猎兔中,将兔子带回小于直角的动作,在评判标准中值半分
In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
I can't loosen this nut without a wrench.
没有扳手我拧不动这个螺母。
用法提示：wrench为名词，指用于拧紧或拧松螺母的扳手。
AI contextual example
The plumber used an adjustable wrench to fix the leaky pipe.
水管工用活动扳手修理漏水的管子。
用法提示：wrench为名词，指可调节开口大小的扳手。
AI contextual example
Please put the wrenches back in the toolbox after you finish.
用完后请把扳手放回工具箱。
用法提示：wrench为名词复数形式，指扳手这类工具。
AI contextual example
比 wrench 更强调用力拉，不一定含扭转；语气比 yank 稍正式。
最常用、语义较宽，通常不带 wrench 那种猛烈或突然的力度。
强调动作突然、短促，不一定有扭转成分。
较口语化，强调快速用力拉，比 wrench 更不正式。
只强调旋转或拧，不包含“拉”的方向，不能替代 wrench 的猛拉义。
此处 wrench 意为“离别带来的痛苦”（名词义）；comfort 表示缓解这种痛苦的安慰。与“扳手”义无关，不能互换。
同样取“离别痛苦”义；relief 指痛苦消失后的宽慰，与 wrench 相反。不可用于“扳手”义。
活动扳手
Use an adjustable wrench to tighten the faucet nut.
用活动扳手拧紧水龙头螺母。
管钳
The plumber kept a pipe wrench in his toolbox.
水管工的工具箱里放着一把管钳。
扭矩扳手
A torque wrench helps you tighten wheel nuts to the correct setting.
扭矩扳手帮你把车轮螺母拧到正确的松紧度。
套筒扳手
She used a socket wrench to remove the bicycle pedals.
她用套筒扳手拆下了自行车踏板。
内六角扳手
The bookcase only needed an Allen wrench for assembly.
组装这个书柜只需要一把内六角扳手。
令人难舍
Moving away from home was a wrench.
搬离家乡真让人难舍。
扳手的基本用途之一就是拧转或固定螺母。
螺栓常与螺母配套使用，是扳手施力的常见对象。
套筒是套筒扳手的组成部分，与扳手配合使用。
机械师是日常频繁使用扳手的典型人群。
扳手通常存放在工具箱中，属于常见工具之一。
打乱；破坏
The sudden storm threw a wrench into our travel plans.
突如其来的暴风雨打乱了我们的旅行计划。
令人难舍；让人难受
Leaving her childhood home was a wrench.
离开她儿时的家让她十分难舍。
哦不，这可真是一大麻烦。
This is a line from the chorus of Foo Fighters' 1997 rock song 'Monkey Wrench.' In the song, the 'monkey wrench' is used metaphorically as a sudden, unwelcome disruption, echoing the idiom 'throw a monkey wrench into the works' (to sabotage or complicate something). The line is a recognizable moment in 1990s alternative rock culture.
这是Foo Fighters乐队1997年摇滚歌曲《Monkey Wrench》副歌中的一句。歌中的“monkey wrench”是比喻用法，指突如其来的麻烦或干扰，呼应习语“throw a monkey wrench into the works”（从中捣乱、制造麻烦）。这句歌词是90年代另类摇滚文化中的经典片段。
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