wrench

• n.スパナ; 捻挫; 痛み; 歪み; ねじれ; 拷問
• vt. ひねる；激しくひねる；歪める；苦しめる
• vi. ひねる；激しくひねる；激しくひねる
• n. （レンチ）人の名前；（英）Lench.

PIE*werの「曲げる」「回す」「ひねる」から。語源的にはwring、restingと同じ。

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.

1. He felt two men wrench the suitcase from his hand.

彼は2人が彼の手のスーツケースを力いっぱい引っ張っているような気がした。

2.She tore at one man 's face as she tried to wrench free.

彼女は抜け出そうとした時、男の顔に向かって捕まえた。

3.I had to run around to several shops to get that wrench .

私はいくつかの店を走って、そのスパナを見つけました。

4.He gave a wrench to his ankle when he jumped down.

彼は飛び降りたとき足首を捻挫した。

5.He pulled the handle off with a wrench .

彼はねじるとハンドルを外した。