| 单词 | turn-screw |
| 释义 | > as lemmasturn-screw turn-screw n. a screw-driver; also, a wrench. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > screwdrivers, wrenches, spanners > [noun] wrest1589 turn-screw1778 1778 J. Woodforde Diary 4 June (1924) I. 226 For a turn screw and picker for a gun pd 0. 1. 0. 1801 Sporting Mag. 17 148 Be the spare flint, and ready turn-screw there. 1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 29/1 The fourth was screwed into the bed of the river..by a curious windlass, and lengthening turn-screw, worked by forty men. 1889 G. A. Henty With Lee in Virginia (1890) 176 By a strong turn-screw a bar could be removed in five minutes. < as lemmas |
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