wrench
verb uk/rentʃ/ us/rentʃ/
[ T + adv/prep ]猛拉;猛扭;猛扯
to pull and twist something suddenly or violently away from its position
The photographer tripped over the cord, wrenching a microphone from its stand. 摄影师被一根电线绊了一下，将一支麦克风从底座上猛扯了下来。
The phone had been wrenched from/off the wall. 电话从墙上被猛地扯了下来。
The ball was wrenched out of his grasp by another player. 球被另一名球员从他手中猛地抢了过去。
His hands were tied but he managed to wrench himself free. 他双手被绑，但他设法挣脱开来。
[ T ]扭伤（身体部位）
to twist part of your body badly, such as your arm or leg, and injure it
He wrenched his right shoulder during a game of hockey. 他在一场曲棍球比赛中扭伤了自己的右肩。
[ T usually passive ]夺走（某人）；拆散
to suddenly take someone from people they love, causing them great unhappiness
At the age of eight, she was wrenched from her foster parents and sent to live with another family. 8岁时，她被人从养父母身边夺走，送去与另一家人一起生活。
wrench
noun uk/rentʃ/ us/rentʃ/
(TOOL)
[ C ] mainly US扳手
a tool for holding and turning objects, especially one that can be made larger and smaller to hold different sized objects
an adjustable wrench 活动扳手
See also: monkey wrench
(PULL)
[ C usually singular ]猛扭;猛拉;猛扯
a sudden, violent twist or pull
(UNHAPPY FEELING)
[ S ]（被迫离开某人或某地时的）痛苦，难受
a feeling of unhappiness when you have to leave a person or place that you love
She found leaving home a real wrench. 她发现离开家是一件非常痛苦的事。
Idiom
throw a (monkey) wrench in the worksidiom US (UK put/throw a spanner in the works) 从中捣乱;破坏计划
to do something that prevents a plan or activity from succeeding
The funding for the project was withdrawn so that really threw a monkey wrench in the works. 项目的资金被撤回，这真的打乱了计划。