screw

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第1125页（702字）

【释义】：

n．①螺丝，螺丝钉：drive in a screw 旋进螺丝．a screw loose【喻】毛病，故障：He has a screw loose．他精神有点不正常．②螺旋状物，紧固件：put the screw on sb．(=give sb．another turn of the screw)对某人施加压力．③拧，旋转：give it another screw 再把它拧一拧．④(船、飞机等的)螺旋桨．⑤(烟丝、茶叶等)一卷，一包．⑥【口语】吝啬鬼，守财奴．⑦【口语】工资．

－vt．①(用螺丝)拧紧，紧固：screw a handle to the door上门把手．screw the two pieces together把这两件固定在一起．②拧(盖、帽等)：screw open the toothpaste拧开牙膏帽．screw a lid on a jar拧上瓶盖．③扭转(头、脸等)，鼓起(勇气等)，提高(效率)：screw one’s head round扭过头去．He screwed up his courage and faced his enemy like a man．他鼓起勇气，勇敢地面对敌人．④压(出)，挤(出)，榨(出)：screw water out of a towel把毛巾里的水拧出来．screw more taxes out of sb．榨取某人更多的税．

－vi．①转，旋转．②压迫，勒索．