noun🔗Share扳手，扳子 A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts; a wrench."I used a spanner to tighten the bolts on my bicycle. "我用扳手拧紧了自行车上的螺栓。itemmachinetechnicalworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share扳手，扳钳。 One who, or that which, spans."The mountain range was a natural spanner across the valley, making direct travel impossible. "那片山脉就像一道天然的扳手横亘在山谷之间，使得直接通行成为不可能。technicalutensilmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share扳手上弦器 A hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket."The museum displayed a musket alongside its spanner, used to wind the lock. "博物馆展示了一把火枪，旁边还陈列着一个扳手上弦器，那是用来给火枪上的轮锁上弦的。utensilweaponhistorymilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share阀门扳手, 旋阀手柄。 A device in early steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam."The engineer adjusted the spanner on the old steam engine, carefully timing the admission of steam to each cylinder. "工程师调整了老式蒸汽机上的旋阀手柄，小心翼翼地控制着进入每个汽缸的蒸汽量。technologydevicemachinetechnicalhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share麻烦，障碍，难题。 A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)"The unexpected power outage threw a spanner in the works for our online exam. "突如其来的停电给我们的在线考试制造了麻烦。situationbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share笨蛋，蠢货。 (mildly) A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.""Mark is such a spanner; he keeps forgetting to save his work, and then he has to do it all again." "马克真是个笨蛋，老是忘记保存工作，结果不得不重做。personlanguagecharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
