单词 | screw |
释义 | screw From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Occupations Householdldoce_293_cscrewscrew1 /skruː/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]1DHTBCa thin pointed piece of metal that you push and turn in order to fasten pieces of metal or wood together → nailtighten the screws. Fix the frame in position and 2 informal not polite a) SYSEX/HAVE SEX WITHan offensive word meaning an act of having sex b) a good screw a very offensive word for someone who is good at having sex3 → have a screw loose4 → put/tighten the screws on somebody5 British English informalBONAME OF A PERSON a prison officer – used especially by prisonersscrewscrew2 ●●○ verb1 attach [transitive always + adverb/preposition]TBCFASTEN/DO UP to attach one thing to another using a screw → nailscrew something into/onto/to something The chairs were screwed to the floor. The wooden frame should be screwed onto the wall. 2 close by turning [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]FASTEN/DO UP to fasten or close something by turning it, or to be fastened in this way OPP unscrewscrew (something) on/onto something The lens screws onto the front of the camera. She carefully screwed the cap back onto the toothpaste. 3 paper/cloth [transitive always + adverb/preposition] (also screw up)SQUASH to twist paper or cloth into a small round shape She screwed the letter up and threw it in the bin.screw something (up) into something I screwed my handkerchief into a ball.4 sex [intransitive, transitive] informal not politeSYSEX/HAVE SEX WITH an offensive word meaning to have sex with someone5 → screw you/him etc6 cheat [transitive] not politeTRICK/DECEIVE to cheat someone in order to get money from themscrew somebody for somethingThey screwed us for $60 in the end. → have your head screwed on (straight)1 → screw around → screw up→ See Verb tableOrigin screw1 (1400-1500) Old French escroe “inner screw, nut”, from Latin scrofa “female pig” |
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