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词汇 screw around
释义
screw around
Theme: WASTE - TIME
in. to waste time.
Stop screwing around and get busy.John's always screwing around and never does anything on time.
Idiom
screw aroundscrew around (with someone)
1.
to have sex with someone who is not your regular partner.
I think I saw the guy that she's been screwing around with.
2.
to annoy someone by wasting their time.
You'll be sorry if you screw around with Captain Legore.

Phr V
screw around
screws, screwing, screwed
screw sb about/around
slang to treat someone badly, especially by changing your mind a lot or not doing what you have promised
I wish Paul would stop screwing me around and decide what he wants!
screw around
taboo to have sex with a lot of different people
She threatened to divorce him when she found out he'd been screwing around.
screw around
noun to fool around; to waste time US, 1939
phrasescrew around1. 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 (one) around

To harass, manipulate, or bother one, especially in a deceptive or frivolous manner. He's been screwing me around ever since we started going out—I can't tell if he really wants to be with me. The phone company has been screwing us around with all sorts of extra charges and fees we didn't sign up for. He's been aiming for a promotion for years, but upper management just keeps screwing him around.

screw around

1. To play or tinker with something, often in an aimless manner. Hey, don't screw around with the thermostat—it needs to stay at 68 degrees. Grandpa's still screwing around with that old radio, but I doubt he'll get it to work again.
2. To engage in aimless recreation or frivolous time-wasting. Quit screwing around with the dog and work on your book report already! The employees were screwing around in the office until the boss showed up.
3. rude slang To have a casual sexual relationship with someone. Betsy and I are just screwing around, which is great because I don't want a serious relationship anyway.
4. To joke about something. Often used in the negative to indicate absolute seriousness. Oh, come on, Tina, we're just screwing around. We didn't mean it.

screw around with (someone or something)

1. To play or tinker with something, often in an aimless manner. Hey, don't screw around with the thermostat—it needs to stay at 68 degrees. Let me screw around with the settings and see if I can get the video to play. Grandpa's still screwing around with that old radio, but I doubt he'll get it to work again.
2. To engage in aimless recreation or frivolous time-wasting with someone or something. Quit screwing around with the dog and work on your book report already!
3. rude slang To have a casual sexual relationship with someone. I can't believe you're still screwing around with Betsy. Why don't you guys try actually dating?

screw someone around

Inf. to harass or bother someone. Don't screw me around, man! I bite back! Max got tired of being screwed around by Lefty.

screw around

 
1. Inf. to mess around; to waste time. Stop screwing around and get to work! I'm not screwing around, I'm thinking.
2. Inf. to play sexually; to indulge in sexual intercourse. A few couples were screwing around at the party. They say that Ted and Alice are screwing around a lot.

screw around

1. Fool around aimlessly, accomplishing nothing, as in If you boys would stop screwing around we'd have the fence painted in an hour. It is also put as screw around with, as in Stop screwing around with the new camera. The idiom probably derives from screw in the sense of "turn" or "twist." [Slang; second half of 1900s]
2. Be sexually promiscuous, as in He's been screwing around behind her back for years. [ Vulgar slang; first half of 1900s]

screw around

v.
1. Slang To engage in frivolous activity: I spent the day screwing around watching TV. We spent the evening screwing around at the pool hall. Stop screwing around and get to work!
2. Slang screw around with To manipulate or work with something without a clear sense of method: Who's been screwing around with my computer?—It's not working properly.
3. Vulgar Slang To be sexually unfaithful.

screw around

1. to engage in copulation. She wants to talk about their relationship and he only wants to screw around.
2. in. to waste time. John’s always screwing around and never does anything on time.
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