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单词 screw
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screwnoun

uk/skruː/us/skruː/

screw noun (METAL OBJECT)

[ C ] a thin, pointed piece of metal with a raised edge twisting round along its length and a flat top with a cut in it, used to join things together, especially pieces of wood

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Nuts, bolts & screws

  • bolt
  • nail
  • nut
  • rivet
  • thread
  • wing nut

screw noun (TURN)

[ C ] UK an act of twisting or turning done to fasten or tighten something:

Give it another screw to make sure the lid doesn't come off while we're travelling.

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Nuts, bolts & screws

  • bolt
  • nail
  • nut
  • rivet
  • thread
  • wing nut

screw noun (PRISON GUARD)

[ C ] UK slang (a word used especially by prisoners) a prison guard

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Prisons & parts of prisons

  • approved school
  • Bastille
  • boot camp
  • borstal
  • brig
  • clink
  • gaoler
  • halfway house
  • HMP
  • house of correction
  • jail
  • matron
  • prison
  • prison camp
  • protective custody
  • remand centre
  • seclusion room
  • slop
  • straightjacket
  • straitjacket

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screw noun (HAVE SEX)

[ C ] UK offensive the act of sex, or a sexual partner:

I never feel like a screw when I wake up in the morning.
He's a really good screw.

screw noun (INSTRUMENT)

screws [ plural ]

→  thumbscrew

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Punishing by causing pain

  • birch
  • cane
  • cat-o'-nine-tails
  • corporal punishment
  • flagellate
  • flay
  • horsewhip
  • kneecap
  • lash
  • lynch
  • lynch law
  • mortification
  • mortification of the flesh idiom
  • rack
  • stone
  • tar
  • treadmill
  • walloping
  • whip
  • whipping

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Idiom(s)

have a screw loose
put/tighten the screws on sb

screwverb

uk/skruː/us/skruː/

screw verb (METAL OBJECT)

[ T usually + adv/prep ] to fasten something using a screw:

Screw this piece of wood to the wall.
Screw these two pieces together.

[ T usually + adv/prep ] to fasten something using an object similar to a screw:

We'll have to screw a hook into the wall.
screw in/together

If something screws in/together, it fits or fastens together by being turned:

This light bulb screws in.
The steel rods screw together.

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Fastening and tying

  • attach
  • be locked together idiom
  • board sth up
  • bolt
  • bound
  • bow 1
  • buckle
  • buckle up
  • hobble
  • ligature
  • mount
  • nail
  • put sth up
  • reef knot
  • rivet
  • rope
  • tie
  • truss
  • tying
  • yoke

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screw verb (TIGHT SHAPE)

[ T + adv/prep ] to tighten the muscles of your face or part of your face into a particular expression, especially one of disapproval or pain:

He screwed his eyes tight shut against the bright light.
The woman at the breakfast table screwed her mouth into a grimace.

[ T + adv/prep ] to twist and crush something, especially paper or cloth, roughly with your hands:

She screwed the bag up and threw it in the bin.
He screwed the letter into a ball and flung it away.

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Grimacing and frowning

  • cloud
  • eye
  • eyebrow
  • face
  • frown
  • furrow
  • furrowed
  • glower
  • grimace
  • if looks could kill... idiom
  • look
  • pout
  • raise your eyebrows idiom
  • resting bitch face
  • roll
  • roll your eyes idiom
  • sb's face falls idiom
  • wince
  • withering
  • wrinkle

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Making things more or less smooth or straight

screw verb (TURN)

[ T usually + adv/prep ] to fasten something by turning it or twisting it:

Screw the lid firmly on to the jar and shake well.

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Fastening and tying

  • attach
  • be locked together idiom
  • board sth up
  • bolt
  • bound
  • bow 1
  • buckle
  • buckle up
  • hobble
  • ligature
  • mount
  • nail
  • put sth up
  • reef knot
  • rivet
  • rope
  • tie
  • truss
  • tying
  • yoke

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screw verb (CHEAT)

[ T ] slang to cheat or deceive someone:

It was only after we'd had the car for a few days that we realized we'd been screwed by the dealer.

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Cheating & tricking

  • a numbers game idiom
  • bad faith
  • bamboozle
  • bilk
  • blackmail
  • fleece
  • gag
  • honeyfuggle
  • hoodwink
  • impersonate
  • jape
  • jiggery-pokery
  • poison
  • ruse
  • scam
  • scammer
  • sell sb a bill of goods idiom
  • send/give out (all) the wrong signals idiom
  • shaft
  • wool

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screw verb (HAVE SEX)

[ I or T ] offensive to have sex with someone:

They say he's screwing the boss's wife.

Idiom(s)

screw it/you/them!
screw up your courage

Phrasal verb(s)

screw around
screw sth out of sb
screw (sth) up
screw sb up
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