单词	corkscrew
释义	corkscrew /ˈkɔːkskruː / noun 1A device for pulling corks from bottles, consisting of a spiral metal rod that is inserted into the cork, and a handle that extracts it.Then he puts the bottle between his legs and inserts an old fashioned corkscrew, pulls and tugs before the cork comes out.... After an hour, Phillip carried one of the crates of bottles to the haggard, and with a corkscrew he deftly pulled the corks from them, handing one to each man. I inserted the corkscrew and began wrestling with the bottle like an ancient Greco-Roman wrestler. 1.1 [usually as modifier] A thing with a spiral shape or movement: a girl with corkscrew curls... His colouring was very dark and his features very striking, his hair was a nest of black corkscrew curls and he wore an Australian bush hat. His unusual head of red corkscrew curls, his unconventional looks, have attracted some scathing press. Her long honey blond hair was pulled back in half twist, leaving the rest free in corkscrew curls. verb [no object] Move or twist in a spiral motion: the plane was corkscrewing towards the earth... Cahill's plane, still corkscrewing, veers towards the laser on the Kratch battleship, which is preparing to fire again. The question of whether to proceed with the second flight arose after SpaceShipOne unexpectedly began corkscrewing as it soared toward space during its first competition flight Wednesday. Then she winced as one of Cat's fighters took a graviton shot to its port engine bank and began corkscrewing towards the building.
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