wrench
英 [ren(t)?]
美 [r?nt?]
- n. 扳手，扳鉗；扭傷；痛苦；歪曲；猛扭
- vt. 扭傷；猛扭；曲解；折磨
- vi. 扭傷；猛扭；猛絞
- n. (Wrench)人名；(英)倫奇
助記提示
1. *sker- "cut"; *ker- / *wer- "turn, bend, wind, twist" (see curve, versus).
2. *wer- => *wr- "turn, bend, wind, twist".
3. *wr- => 同源詞：wring => wrench (類比：drink => drench) "twist",
4. => wring => wrangle "dispute, wrestle" (與什么糾纏不休，類比：versus),
5. => wring => wrong "twisted, crooked, wry, wrong" (取本義為扭曲的、歪曲的這些含義的引申義),
6. => wring => wrinkle "wrinkled, crooked, winding, crease"; from PIE *wreng- "turn", nasalized variant of *werg- "turn" (cf. Latin vergere "turn, tend toward"), from *wer.
7. *wer- / *wr- => 其它同源詞：worry (因為糾纏而糾結、煩惱),
8. => wry "distorted, twisted" (from *wrig- "turn" => awry, wrist "the turning joint", wriggle, wrest "twist, wrench", wrestle (wrest 的反復體)),
9. => wreath (from *wreit- "turn, bend" => writhe "twist or bend", wroth "angry" (literally "tormented, twisted")),
10. => wrap (from *werp- "turn, wind" => warp), worm (cf. Latin vermis "worm"),
11. => worth (literally "turn into", from PIE *wert- "turn, wind"),
12. => weird ("fate, destiny," literally "that which comes", from PIE *wert- "turn, wind", For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," cf. phrase turn into "become"),
13. => -ward (adverbial suffix expressing direction, Old English -weard "toward," literally "turned toward," variant of PIE *wert- "turn, wind"), rhombus (from PIE *wremb-, from *werb- "turn, twist, bend").
中文詞源
wrench 猛拉來自PIE*wer,彎，轉，擰，詞源同wring,wrest。引申義猛拉。
英文詞源
- wrench (v.)
- Old English wrencan "to twist," from Proto-Germanic *wrankjan (cognates: Old High German renken, German renken "to twist, wrench," Old English wringan "to wring"), from PIE *wreng- "to turn" (cognates: Sanskrit vrnakti "turns, twists," Lithuanian rengtis "to grow crooked, to writhe"), nasalized variant of *werg- "to turn" (cognates: Latin vergere "to turn, tend toward"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). Related: Wrenched, wrenching.
- wrench (n.)
- Old English wrenc "a twisting, artifice, trick;" see wrench (v.). The meaning "tool with jaws at one end for turning or holding" is first recorded 1794.
雙語例句
- 1. He felt two men wrench the suitcase from his hand.
- 他感覺有兩個人在使勁拽他手里的手提箱。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She tore at one man's face as she tried to wrench free.
- 她試圖掙脫時朝一個男子的臉上抓去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I had to run around to several shops to get that wrench.
- 我跑了好幾家商店,才找到那種扳手.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. He gave a wrench to his ankle when he jumped down.
- 他跳下去的時候扭傷了足踝.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. He pulled the handle off with a wrench.
- 他一擰就把把手擰了下來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》