Tra từ wrench - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

wrench [wrench wrenches wrenched wrenching] verb, noun BrE [rentʃ] NAmE [rentʃ]
verb
1. transitive, intransitive to pull or twist sth/sb/yourself suddenly and violently
Syn: ↑jerk
•~ (sth/sb/yourself) + adv./prep. The bag was wrenched from her grasp.
•He grabbed Ben, wrenching him away from his mother.
• (figurative)Guy wrenched his mind back to the present.
•~ (sth/sb/yourself) + adj. They wrenched the door open.
•She managed to wrench herself free.
2. transitive ~ sth to twist and injure a part of your body, especially your ankle or shoulder
Syn: ↑twist
•She wrenched her knee when she fell.
3. transitive, intransitive (formal)to make sb feel great pain or unhappiness, especially so that they make a sound or cry
•~ (sth) (from sb) His words wrenched a sob from her.
•a wrenching experience
•~ at sth Her words wrenched at my heart.
see also ↑gut-wrenching
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Old English wrencan ‘twist’, of unknown origin.

Example Bank:
•He wrenched the handbag from her grasp.
•I slipped and wrenched my ankle quite badly.
•She struggled with her captor and managed to wrench herself free.
•She tried to wrench her arm away.
•She wrenched the gun out of his hand.
•She wrenched the lid off the biscuit tin.
•Suddenly, the door was wrenched open.
•The child wrenched himself free.
Idiom: ↑throw a wrench in something

noun

1. (especially NAmE) (BrE usually span·ner)countable a metal tool with a specially shaped end for holding and turning things, including one which can be adjusted to fit objects of different sizes, also called a ↑monkey wrench or an ↑adjustable spanner
2. singular pain or unhappiness that you feel when you have to leave a person or place that you love
•Leaving home was a terrible wrench for me.
3. countable, usually singular a sudden and violent twist or pull
•She stumbled and gave her ankle a painful wrench.

Word Origin:
late Old English wrencan ‘twist’, of unknown origin.

See also: ↑spanner