英语词汇“wrest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	wrest
释义	wrest —wrester, n. /rest/, v.t. 1. to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist. 2. to take away by force: to wrest a knife from a child. 3. to get by effort: to wrest a living from the soil. 4. to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, meaning, or the like; wrench. n. 5. a wresting; twist or wrench. 6. a key or small wrench for tuning stringed musical instruments, as the harp or piano, by turning the pins to which the strings are fastened. [bef. 1000; (v.) ME wresten, OE wraestan; c. ON reista; akin to WRIST; (n.) ME: a wresting, deriv. of the v.] Syn. 1, 3. wring. 3. See extract.
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