spanner

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈspæn.ə/    美 /ˈspæn.ə/|/ˈspæn.ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK
    — Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more bolt to screw in.
  2. A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.; Any of certain types of such a tool that have a pin or hook to engage the driven object. Canada,Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,US
    — The groove in this toolholder is what the spanner grabs onto when you are changing the tool.
  3. One who, or that which, spans. rare
    — The scheme of the spanner of continents and the desire of the little husbandman hoarding for his loved ones...
  4. A (usually sparse) graph whose shortest path distances approximate those in a dense graph or other metric space.
  5. A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.
    — The spanner for spanning or winding up the spring of the wheel lock.
  6. A device in early steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam. obsolete
  7. A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works) Ireland,UK
    — Halfway through the production of Macbeth, the director found that the stage was smaller than he expected. This really threw a spanner in the works.
  8. A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language. Ireland,UK,derogatory,mildly
    — You spanner, Rodney! I wanted some time, not a bunch of thyme!
动词 v.
  1. To use a spanner; to fix with a spanner

词形变化

spanners plural spanners present,singular,third-person spannering participle,present spannered participle,past spannered past

词汇关系

近义词
wrench
衍生词
adjustable spanner bobbejaan spanner crescent spanner dog bone spanner put a spanner in the works ring spanner shifting spanner spanner barb spanner crab spannered spanner in the works spannerless spanner wrench spider spanner throw a spanner in the works throw a spanner into the works torque spanner

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-der.
Proto-Germanic *spannō
Old English spann
Middle English spanne
English span
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English spanner
From span + -er.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-der.
Proto-Germanic *spannō
Old English spann
Middle English spanne
English span
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English spanner
From span + -er.
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