| 释义 |
screw (obj)skrU:v [always + adv/prep]旋，拧Screw this piece of wood (= Fasten it using a screw) to the wall so that we can fix the curtain rail to it. [T]用螺丝把这块木片钉在墙上，这样我们可以在上面安装窗帘架了。Screw these two pieces together and then fit the top on afterwards. [T]用螺钉把这两部分拧在一起，然后把顶部再装在上面。If you screw something with a raised edge along its length and a pointed end like a screw into something else, you push and turn it into the other thing so that it becomes fastened to the other thing.旋入If we want to hang this picture up, we'll have to screw a hook into the wall. [T]要是我们想把这幅画挂起来，我们得往墙里拧一个钩子。To screw something up/on is to fasten it by turning it or twisting it.旋，拧;旋牢Screw the nut up tightly. [T]把螺帽拧紧。Screw the lid firmly on to the jar and shake well. [T]把瓶盖旋紧，然后充分摇匀。If something screws in/together, it fits or fastens together by being turned.旋上，拧合This light bulb screws in, but the bulb with a bayonet fitting pushes in. [I]这个灯泡是旋上的，但那种有卡口的灯泡是插上的。At present the steel rods screw together, but in future they will have hinged connections. [I]这些钢条现在是拧在一起的，将来它们是要用铰链来互相联接。(fig.) She screwed (= twisted) her head right round so that she could see the back of the hall. [T]她向右扭过头去，为的是看看大厅的后部。(Br infml) If you screw something out of someone you obtain it by using force or threats.逼出;勒索The police took five hours to screw a confession out of him. [T]警察用了5个小时逼他坦白了。We'll screw every last penny out of him. [T]我们要从他身上逼出最后一个铜板。They were able to screw increasingly large amounts of money out of the government because of what they knew. [T]他们因为掌握了材料，所以能一再从政府那儿榨出一笔比一笔更多的钱。To screw up your courage is to force yourself to be brave.鼓起勇气I screwed up my courage and went in to see the director.我鼓起勇气进去见局长。
|