spanner

n. 扳手；螺丝扳手；测量器；用手掌量的人

n. (Spanner)人名；(德)施潘纳；(瑞典)斯潘纳；(英)斯潘纳

中文词源

spanner 扳手，扳钳

来自 span,拃，扎牢，缚住，-er,表物。引申词义扳手，扳钳等。

spanner (n.): 1630s, a tool for winding the spring of a wheel-lock firearm, from German Spanner, from spannen (see span (v.)). Meaning "wrench" is from 1790. Figurative phrase spanner in the works attested from 1921 (Wodehouse).

1. span- (谐音“是扳、死扳”) + 双写n加-er => spanner.2. 谐音“死扳那儿”。

5. I needed a special spanner and I couldn't beg , steal or borrow one anywhere.: 我需要一把特殊的扳手, 但我无论如何也找不到.