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N-COUNT
螺(絲)釘
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.
例句
Each bracket is fixed to the wall with just three screws.
每個托架只用了 3 顆螺釘固定在墻上。
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V-ERG
用螺釘固定
If you screw something somewhere or if it screws somewhere, you fix it in place by means of a screw or screws.
例句
I had screwed the shelf on the wall myself...
我自己用螺釘把架子固定在墻上。
Screw down any loose floorboards...
用螺釘固定住所有松動的地板。
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ADJ
(蓋子、配件)帶螺旋的
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.
例句
...an ordinary jam jar with a screw lid.
帶螺旋蓋的普通果醬罐
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V-ERG
旋緊;擰緊
If you screw something somewhere or if it screws somewhere, you fix it in place by twisting it round and round.
例句
Kelly screwed the silencer onto the pistol...
凱利把消音器擰到手槍上。
Screw down the lid fairly tightly...
把蓋子擰緊。
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VERB
把(紙等)揉成一團，擰成一團
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.
例句
He screwed the paper into a ball and tossed it into the fire.
他把紙揉成一團拋進火里。
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VERB
扭曲(臉);瞇起(眼睛)
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.
例句
He screwed his face into an expression of mock pain.
他面部扭曲，假裝疼痛。
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V-RECIP
(與…)性交
If someone screws someone else or if two people screw, they have sex together.
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VERB
去(你、它)的;見(你、它)的鬼
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.
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VERB
欺騙;詐騙(錢財)
If someone says that they have been screwed, they mean that someone else has cheated them, especially by getting money from them dishonestly.
例句
They haven't given us accurate information. We've been screwed...
他們沒有提供準確的消息。我們被騙了。
The consumer is getting screwed by cover charges as well.
這名消費者也被詐取了服務費。
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VERB
敲詐，勒索(錢財等)
If someone screws something, especially money, out of you, they get it from you by putting pressure on you.
例句
For decades rich nations have been screwing money out of poor nations.
富國壓榨窮國長達數十載。
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N-COUNT
(囚犯用語)獄警
Prisoners often refer to prison officers as screws .
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N-COUNT
螺旋槳
A screw is a propeller on a ship or an aircraft.
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PHRASE
對…增加壓力
If you turn or tighten the screw on someone, you increase the pressure which is already on them, for example by using threats, in order to force them to do a particular thing.
例句
Parisian taxi drivers are threatening to mount a blockade to turn the screw on the government.
巴黎出租車司機們正威脅阻塞交通以對政府進一步施壓。
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PHRASE
愈逼愈緊的壓力(或行動)
You can refer to each of a series of threats or actions which are intended to force someone to do a particular thing as another turn of the screw .
例句
Every rebel raid is another turn of the screw, increasing the pressure on the President.
每次叛亂分子發動襲擊就是又往前逼進了一步，使得總統的壓力越來越大。