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wrest
- IPA[rest]
美式
- forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp;take (something, especially power or control) from someone or something else after considerable effort or difficulty
- a key for tuning a harp or piano.
verb: wrest, 3rd person present: wrests, gerund or present participle: wresting, past tense: wrested, past participle: wrested
noun: wrest, plural noun: wrests
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動詞
- 1. forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold
- ▪ take (something, especially power or control) from someone or something else after considerable effort or difficulty they wanted to allow people to wrest control of their lives from impersonal bureaucracies
- ▪ distort the meaning or interpretation of (something) to suit one's own interests or views you appear convinced of my guilt, and wrest every reply I have made
名詞
- 1. archaic a key for tuning a harp or piano.
- a pin to which the strings of a piano or harpsichord are attached.
Oxford Dictionary
- the part of a piano or harpsichord holding the wrest pins.
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[rɛst]
英式
- forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp: Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold
- a key for tuning a harp or piano.
Oxford Dictionary