| 词汇 | screw |
| 释义 | screw Theme: COPULATION tr. & in. to copulate (with someone). (Use caution with screw and the topic.)He's telling everybody that he screwed her.They screw all the time, just like bunnies. Theme: DECEPTION tr. to cheat someone.That salesman tried to screw me, but I just walked out on him.They didn't screw me. I got good value for my money. Theme: JAIL n. a jailer. (Underworld.)See if you can get the screw's attention.I'm sick, screw! Let me out! screw 1. noun 1 a prison officer. Possibly from an obsolete sense of 'screw' (a skeleton key), hence a 'turnkey' or 'warder', or perhaps from 'thumbscrew' (an instrument of torture used in C17 prisons) UK, 1812. 2 an act of sexual intercourse US, 1929. 3 a sexual partner, potential or actual, of either gender, objectified UK, 1937. 4 a wage UK, 1858. 5 a salary NEW ZEALAND, 1984. 6 a mischievous scheme TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1935. 7 a look AUSTRALIA, 1907.► have a screw looseto be or become eccentric, crazy or insane UK, 1833 2. verb 1 to have sex UK, 1725. 2 used dismissively as a synonym for 'fuck' in exclamations and curses UK, 1949. 3 to burgle. A C20 usage from the earlier senses (a skeleton key; and to break into a building using a skeleton key) UK, 1812. 4 to swindle or cheat someone UK, 1900. 5 to ruin something. Probably a shortening of SCREW UP UK, 1976. 6 to stare at someone; to look at someone accusingly AUSTRALIA, 1917. 7 to leave US, 1985. 8 in pool, to apply spin to the cue ball to affect the course of the object ball or the cue ball after striking the object ball US, 1990.► don't screw the crewa catchphrase injunction: do not have sex with your workmates. A corporate updating of NOT ON YOUR OWN DOORSTEP UK, 2003.► screw daftto have sex to the point of insensibility. Generally something of a boast UK, 2000.► screw the arse off someoneto have vigorous sex with someone UK, 1967.► screw the poochto bungle or to ruin something.► screw your brains outto have sex with great regularity and force US, 1971 screw around 1. screw around AmE spoken informal to spend time doing silly things: The guys in the back of the class would always screw around and learn nothing.■ SIMILAR TO: fool around, mess around informal2. screw sb around spoken especially AmE to cause trouble or problems for someone, especially by changing your mind a lot or preventing them from getting what they want: They really screwed us around - every day there was a new set of rules and regulations.■ SIMILAR TO: mess around informal, piss about/around BrE informal3. screw around spoken informal to have sex with a lot of different people. This is a rude expression and some people are offended by it.: Axel's girlfriend Doro thought he had been screwing around.+ with My father was screwing around with other women, and she found out.■ SIMILAR TO: sleep around informal, cat around AmE old-fashioned informal screw around with screw around with sth AmE spoken informal to make unnecessary changes that affect something in an annoying way and cause problems: The last time he'd screwed around with Helen's rent, there's been a fight. All the tax people care about is screwing around with small businesses like mine.■ SIMILAR TO: mess around with informal, mess with informal screw out of screw sth out of sb informal to force someone to give you money or information: landowners who screwed all they could out of the local peasants screw over screw sb over • screw over sb AmE spoken informal to deceive someone, especially in order to get money from them dishonestly, or to cause someone a lot of problems: My last company really screwed me over. No wonder workers feel sore when their own unions are screwing them over.■ SIMILAR TO: rip off informal screw up 1. screw sb up spoken informal if a bad experience screws you up, it makes you feel unhappy, anxious, and confused for a long period of time: It really screwed her up when her mother died. I used to do a lot of drugs, and they really screwed me up.■ SIMILAR TO: mess up informal, fuck up tabooscrewed-up adj a screwed-up rich kid who got himself expelled from boarding school The guy's really screwed-up. He had a terrible time when he was a kid.2. screw up • screw up sth • screw sth up spoken informal to make a mistake or to spoil something: Somebody screwed up, and it got delivered to the wrong house. You've really screwed up this time. The boss is furious. How can anyone support a government that's screwing up the economy, as this one is? Why did you let Slater handle the deal? I knew he's screw things up.■ SIMILAR TO: mess up informal, foul up informalscrew-up n C a mistake that spoils arrangements: There'd been a screw-up in plane reservations.3. screw up your eyes/face, screw your eyes/face up to make your eyes narrower or the muscles in your face tighter: Miss Jarman screwed up her face in disgust. "I can't abide that man....there's something devious about him." He rested his arms on the railing and looked out over Central Park, his eyes screwed up against the sun.4. screw up sth • screw sth up BrE if you screw up a piece of paper, you twist and crush it with your hands making it into a small round shape: Vida screwed up the letter and threw it into the trash.■ SIMILAR TO: crumple up screw something (on) (to something)to attach something to something by the use of screws or other threaded fasteners. Screw the bracket onto the wall, will you? Screw on the bracket to the wall. screw1. tv. & in. to copulate [with] someone. (Very old. Usually objectionable.) The sailor wanted to screw somebody bad. 2. tv. & in. to cheat or deceive someone. You can count on somebody screwing you at a traveling carnival. 3. n. an act of copulation. (Usually objectionable.) The sailor said he needed a good screw. 4. n. a person with whom one can copulate. (Usually objectionable.) His teeth are crooked and his hands are callused, but he’s a good screw. 5. n. a jailer. (Very old. Underworld.) See if you can get the screw’s attention.
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