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screw/skru:/ n. & v.●n. 1 a thin cylinder or cone with a spiral ridge or thread running round the outside (male screw 螺杆) or the inside (female screw 螺母) 螺钉；螺丝 2 (in full 全称 woodscrew /ˈwʊdskru:/) a metal male screw with a slotted head and a sharp point for fastening things, esp. in carpentry, by being rotated to form a thread in wood etc. (尤指做木工活时用的)木螺丝 3 (in full 全称 screw-bolt) a metal male screw with a blunt end on which a nut is threaded to bolt things together 螺杆 4 a wooden or metal straight screw used to exert pressure (用以增加压力的木制或金属)螺旋 5 (in sing. or pl. 用单数或复数) an instrument of torture acting in this way 拇指夹；螺旋夹(旧时的一种刑具) 6 (in full 全称 screw propeller) a form of propeller with twisted blades acting like a screw on the water or air 螺旋桨 7 one turn of a screw 螺旋的一周(或一转) 8 (foll. by 后跟 of) Brit. a small twisted-up paper (of tobacco etc.) [英] (烟草等的)卷纸 9 Brit. (in billiards etc.) an oblique curling motion of the ball [英] (台球等中的)拧；转 10 slang offens. a prison warder [俚语] [冒犯]监狱看守 11 Brit. slang an amount of salary or wages [英] [俚语]薪水；收入 12 coarse slang [粗俗俚语]a an act of sexual intercourse 性交 b a partner in this 性交伙伴 13 Brit. slang a mean or miserly person [英] [俚语]吝啬鬼；守财奴 14 Brit. slang a worn-out horse [英] [俚语]跑乏了的马；驽马 ●v. 1 tr. fasten or tighten with a screw or screws (用螺丝)拧紧；固定 2 tr. turn (a screw) 拧，旋(螺丝) 3 intr. twist or turn round like a screw 螺旋般转动 4 tr.a put psychological etc. pressure on to achieve an end 施加(精神)压力(以达到目的) b oppress 压迫 5 tr.a (foll. by 后跟 out of) extort (consent, money, etc.) from (a person) 逼迫(某人同意或交出钱物等) b swindle 欺诈；诈骗 6 tr. (also absol. [亦含宾]) coarse slang have sexual intercourse with [粗俗俚语]与…性交 7 Brit. [英]a intr. (esp. of a billiard ball) take a curling course; swerve (尤指台球)旋转；偏转 b tr. cause (esp. a billiard ball) to swerve 使(尤指台球)旋转，偏转 8 tr. = screw up □ have one's head screwed on the right way colloq. have common sense [口]头脑清醒；有常识 □ have a screw loose colloq. be slightly crazy [口]精神不大正常；乖僻 □ put the screws on (also absol. [亦含宾]) colloq. exert pressure on (a person), esp. to extort something or to intimidate [口]强迫(某人)；(尤指)敲诈(钱物)；恐吓 □ screw around coarse slang be sexually promiscuous [粗俗俚语]鬼混，乱交 □ screw up 1 contract or contort (one's face etc.) 绷着脸 2 contract and crush into a tight mass (a piece of paper etc.) 把(一张纸等)揉成一团 3 summon up (one's courage etc.) 鼓起(勇气等) 4 slang [俚语]a bungle or mismanage 弄糟；搞乱 b spoil or ruin (an event, opportunity, etc.) 糟蹋；破坏(事情、机会等) 5 slang upset; disturb mentally [俚语]搅乱；使心烦意乱 □ screwable adj.□ screwer n.[Middle English via Old French escroue ‘female screw, nut’, from Latin scrofa ‘sow’] |