wrest
wrest的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [rest]
KK音标发音： [rɛst]
wrest的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）
1. To obtain by or as if by pulling with violent twisting movements:
拉扯，夺过：用猛烈的拉、扭的动作取得：
wrested the book out of his hands; wrested the islands from the settlers.
从他手里夺过来那本书；从原殖民者手中夺过那座岛
2. To usurp forcefully:
夺取：用武力篡夺：
wrested power from the monarchy.
从君主手里夺取政权
3. To extract by or as if by force, twisting, or persistent effort; wring:
榨取，绞曲：通过扭、拉或固执地坚持而使之脱离；绞曲：
wrest the meaning from an obscure poem.
从一首晦涩的诗里汲取含义
4. To distort or twist the nature or meaning of:
曲解：歪曲或扭曲…的本质或意思：
wrested the words out of context.
断章取义
5. To divert to an improper use; misapply.
误用，滥用：挪用于不适当的用途；滥用
wrest的词性：
n.（名词）
6. The act of wresting.
夺取：夺取之动作
7. Music A small tuning key for the wrest pins of a stringed instrument.
【音乐】 调音键：弦乐上用于弦轴的调音键
wrest的词源：
8. Middle English wresten
中古英语 wresten
9. from Old English wr?stan [to twist] * see wer- 2
源自 古英语 wr?stan [扭] *参见 wer- 2
wrest的词性：
n.（名词）