wrench.
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v.verb · 有主动词
- 1.
- ›to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist: He wrenched the prisoner's wrist.
- ›to overstrain or injure by a sudden, violent twist: When she fell, she wrenched her ankle.
- ›to affect distressingly as if by a wrench.
- ›to wrest, as from the right use or meaning: to wrench the facts out of context.
v.verb · 无主动词
- 1.
- ›to twist, turn, or move suddenly aside: He wrenched away.
- ›to give a wrench or twist at something.
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›a wrenching movement; a sudden, violent twist: With a quick wrench, she freed herself.
- ›a painful, straining twist, as of the ankle or wrist.
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Still, remdesivir is complicated to make and supplies are limited, so researchers are testing other drugs that might also throw wrenches into the coronavirus’s replication machinery.
With a wrench thrown into traditional voting procedures because of the coronavirus pandemic, partisans on both sides of the aisle are already tossing around the possibility of a messy election—and perhaps one where one side contests the results.
However, a wrench in the plan would be TikTok’s ad-supported business.
Though it may not seem like it right now—Covid-19 has thrown a big wrench in all kinds of statistics regarding both the present and the future—human well-being has been on a steady upward trajectory for the past couple decades.
To tune a piano, Mitchell uses a wrench to turn metal tuning pins attached to the strings.
Hillary Clinton, he argues, throws a wrench into the system.
Presently he dropped his hammer, and fussed about for a moment with a tiny wrench.
Now the government of President François Hollande is throwing a wrench into the American rush toward peace with Iran.
Factories were hiring anyone who could breathe and turn a wrench.
And you know what could really throw a monkey into the whole effort?