English-Thai Dictionary

spanner

N กุญแจเลื่อน  kun-jea-luan

 

spanner

SL คนโง่  kon-ngo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPANNER

n. 1. One that spans.
2. The lock of a fusee or carbine; or the fusee itself.
3. A wrench or nut screw-driver.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPANNER

SPANNER Span "ner, n.

 

1. One who, or that which, spans.

 

2. The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself. [Obs. ]

 

3. An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose.

 

4. pl.

 

Defn: A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spanner

span ner |ˈspanər ˈspænər | ▶noun chiefly Brit. a wrench. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from German spannen ‘draw tight ’ + -er 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

spanner

span |ner |ˈspanə | ▶noun chiefly Brit. a tool with a shaped opening or jaws for gripping and turning a nut or bolt. PHRASES spanner in the works see work. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from German spannen ‘draw tight ’ + -er 1 .

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spanner

spanner noun PHRASES put /throw a spanner in the works (of ) Brit. informal these divides are threatening to put a spanner in the works of the European constitutional project: interfere (with ), hinder, hamper, obstruct, disrupt, impede, inhibit, retard, baulk, thwart, foil, curb, delay, set back, slow down, hold back, hold up; restrict, restrain, constrain, block, check, curtail, frustrate, cramp, bridle, handicap, cripple, hamstring, shackle, fetter, encumber; informal stymie; N. Amer. informal bork, put /throw a monkey wrench in the works of; rare cumber, trammel.

 

Duden Dictionary

Spanner

Span ner Substantiv, maskulin , der |Sp a nner |der Spanner; Genitiv: des Spanners, Plural: die Spanner 1 a Vorrichtung zum Spannen 1a von etwas den Tennisschläger in den Spanner stecken b Kurzwort für: Hosenspanner c Kurzwort für: Schuhspanner 2 (in vielen Arten vorkommender ) Schmetterling, der in Ruhestellung seine Flügel flach ausbreitet 3 a salopp Voyeur er ist ein alter Spanner b salopp jemand, der bei unerlaubten, ungesetzlichen Handlungen die Aufgabe hat, aufzupassen und zu warnen, wenn Gefahr besteht, entdeckt zu werden

 

Spannerin

Span ne rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Sp a nnerin |weibliche Form zu Spanner 3

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spanner

span ner /spǽnə r /名詞 C ｟英 ｠スパナ, レンチ (｟米 ｠wrench ).p ù t [thr ò w ] a sp à nner in [into ] the w ó rks ｟英 くだけて ｠(進行などを )妨害する .