新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

screw

英 [skruː]

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

1. 带螺旋的（盖子、配件等）
A screw lid or fitting is one that has a raised spiral line on the inside or outside of it, so that it can be fixed in place by twisting.
双语例句
例：
an ordinary jam jar with a screw lid.
一个带螺旋盖的普通果酱罐。

NOUN. 名词

screws
1. [C 可数名词] 螺钉
A screw is a metal object similar to a nail, with a raised spiral line around it. You turn a screw using a screwdriver so that it goes through two things, for example, two pieces of wood, and fastens them together.
双语例句
例：
Each bracket is fixed to the wall with just three screws.
每个托架只用3颗螺钉固定在墙上。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

screw up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] （因痛苦、光太强等）扭曲脸部或者眯起眼睛
If you screw up your eyes or your face, you tighten your eye or face muscles, for example, because you are in pain or because the light is too bright.
双语例句
例：
She had screwed up her eyes, as if she found the sunshine too bright.
她眯起眼睛，似乎是觉得阳光太刺眼。
例：
Close your eyes and screw them up tight.
合上你的双眼，紧闭。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 把（纸片）揉成团
If you screw up a piece of paper, you squeeze it tightly so that it becomes very creased and no longer flat, usually when you are throwing it away.
双语例句
例：
He would start writing to his family and would screw the letter up in frustration.
他开始一次次给家里写信，又一次次懊恼地把信揉成团。
3. [PHRASAL 短语] 弄糟 , 破坏
To screw something up, or to screw up, means to cause something to fail or be spoiled.
双语例句
例：
You can't open the window because it screws up the air conditioning.
你不能开窗，因为那样会影响空调效果。
例：
Get out. Haven't you screwed things up enough already, you idiot!
出去。难道你把事情弄得还不够糟吗？你这个白痴！

VERB. 动词

screws , screwing , screwed
1. [I 不及物动词] 用螺钉固定
If you screw something somewhere or if it screws somewhere, you fix it in place by means of a screw or screws.
双语例句
例：
I had screwed the shelf on the wall myself.
我自己用螺钉把架子固定在了墙上。
例：
Screw down any loose floorboards.
用螺钉钉紧任何松动的地板。
2. [I 不及物动词] 拧紧
If you screw something somewhere or if it screws somewhere, you fix it in place by twisting it around and around.
双语例句
例：
'Yes, I know that,' Kelly said, screwing the silencer onto the pistol.
“是的，我知道那事。”凯利一边把消音器拧到手枪上一边说道。
例：
Screw down the lid fairly tightly.
把盖子拧到很紧。
3. [T 及物动词] 把（纸片等）揉成一团
If you screw something such as a piece of paper into a ball, you squeeze it or twist it tightly so that it is in the shape of a ball.
双语例句
例：
He screwed the paper into a ball and tossed it into the fire.
他把纸揉成一团扔进了火里。
4. [T 及物动词] 把（脸、眼睛等）扭曲成某表情
If you screw your face or your eyes into a particular expression, you tighten the muscles of your face to form that expression, for example, because you are in pain or because the light is too bright.
双语例句
例：
He screwed his face into an expression of mock pain.
他把脸扭曲成痛苦的样子。
5. [RECIP 相互动词] 与…性交 , 性交
If someone screws someone else or if two people screw, they have sex together.
双语例句
例：
'Are you screwing her?' she said.
“你是不是和她上床了？”她说。
6. [T 及物动词] 去你的 , 去它的（表示不关心或蔑视）
Some people use screw in expressions such as screw you or screw that to show that they are not concerned about someone or something or that they feel contempt for them.
双语例句
例：
Something inside me snapped. 'Well, screw you then!'
我忍不住爆发了。“好，那么去你的吧！”
7. [T 及物动词] 敲诈
If someone screws something, especially money, out of you, they get it from you by putting pressure on you.
双语例句
例：
After decades of rich nations screwing money out of poor nations, it's about time some went the other way.
富国敲诈穷国的钱财已数十年，该是有些国家反其道而行之的时候了。