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corkscrew
(kɔːʳkskruː)
Word forms: plural corkscrews
countable noun
A corkscrew is a device for pulling corks out of bottles.
corkscrew in British English
(ˈkɔːkˌskruː)
noun
1.
a device for drawing corks from bottles, typically consisting of a pointed metal spiral attached to a handle or screw mechanism
2. boxing slang
a blow that ends with a twist of the fist, esp one intended to cut the opponent
3. (modifier)
resembling a corkscrew in shape
verb
4.
to move or cause to move in a spiral or zigzag course
corkscrew in American English
(ˈkɔrkˌskru)
noun
1.
a device for pulling corks out of bottles, usually a spiral-shaped piece of steel with a point at one end and a handle at the other
adjective
2.
shaped like a corkscrew; spiral
verb intransitive, verb transitive
3.
to move in a spiral; twist
corkscrew in Hospitality
(kɔrkskru)
Word forms: (regular plural) corkscrews
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Hotel bar)
A corkscrew is a device for pulling corks out of bottles.
She fetched the corkscrew for the wine and two glasses.
The bartender removed the cork from the bottle with a corkscrew.
This corkscrew makes it easy to remove wine bottle corks.
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British English: corkscrew /ˈkɔːkˌskruː/ NOUN
A corkscrew is a device for pulling corks out of bottles.
- American English: corkscrew
- Arabic: بَرِيـمَةٌ لِفَتْحِ الزُّجَاجَات
- Brazilian Portuguese: saca-rolhas
- Chinese: 开塞钻
- Croatian: vadičep
- Czech: vývrtka
- Danish: proptrækker
- Dutch: kurkentrekker
- European Spanish: sacacorchos
- Finnish: korkkiruuvi
- French: tire-bouchon
- German: Korkenzieher
- Greek: τιρμπουσόν
- Italian: cavatappi
- Japanese: コルク栓抜き
- Korean: 코르크 마개뽑이
- Norwegian: korketrekker
- Polish: korkociąg
- European Portuguese: saca-rolhas
- Romanian: tirbușon
- Russian: штопор
- Latin American Spanish: sacacorchos
- Swedish: korkskruv
- Thai: สว่านเปิดจุกขวด
- Turkish: tirbuşon
- Ukrainian: штопор
- Vietnamese: cái mở nút chai
Chinese translation of 'corkscrew'
corkscrew
(ˈkɔːkskruː)
n (c)
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瓶塞钻(鑽)
(píngsāizuàn) (个(個), gè)