wrench
Pronunciation: ['rentʃ]
Average Rank: 16166
Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICTn. 扳钳, 扳手, 扭伤, 歪曲, 痛苦 vt. 猛扭, 扭伤, 曲解, 折磨 vi. 猛扭, 猛绞
Detailed Explanations:
- n. a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- n. a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
- v. twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- v. make a sudden twisting motion
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
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Difficulty:
INTERMEDIATE
Exam Tags:
cet6
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ielts
gre
Word Forms:
Past:
wrenched
Present Participle:
wrenching
Past Participle:
wrenched
Plural:
wrenches
3rd Person:
wrenches
Word Frequency Rankings
TV & Movie Scripts
#8497Conversational and colloquial usage
Percentile: 15.0%
(Top 15.0% most frequent)
Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus