English-Thai Dictionary

screw

N การ บิด  การ หมุน  kan-bid

 

screw

N ตะปูควง  สลัก เกลียว  สิ่ง ที่ เป็นเกลียว  bolt pin worm spiral ta-pu-kung

 

screw

N เจ้าหน้าที่ เรือนจำ (คำ สแลง  พัศดี  ผู้บังคับการ เรือนจำ  ผู้ปกครอง นักโทษ  ผู้คุม นักโทษ  jao-na-ti-ruan-jam

 

screw

VT กวดขัน  comple kan-kuad

 

screw

VT ขัน สกรู  tighten turn twist kan-tod-sa-kon

 

screw down

PHRV หมุน ปิด  ขัน สกรู ปิด  muan-pid

 

screw on

PHRV หมุน ตะปูควง บน  ขัน สกรู บน  muan-ta-pu-kung-bon

 

screw one's courage to the sticking-place

PHRV กล้า  กล้าหาญ  ka

 

screw out of

PHRV รีด เอา เงิน จาก  ขู่ เอา เงิน จาก  บังคับเอา เงิน จาก  rid-aol-ngen-jak

 

screw out of

PHRV หมุน เปิด (เพื่อ เอา ของเหลว ออกมา  muan-poed

 

screw propeller

N ใบ จักร  ใบพัด  fishtail screw bai-jak

 

screw to

PHRV ยึด ด้วย สกรู  yuad-duai-su-kon

 

screw up

PHRV ขยำ  ka-yam

 

screw up

PHRV ทำร้าย  เป็นอันตราย กับ  tam-rai

 

screw up

PHRV ทำให้ วิตก  ทำให้ กังวล  ทำให้ ประสาทเสีย  tam-hai-wi-tok

 

screw up

PHRV ทำให้ เสีย  ทำให้ พัง  สูญเสีย  mess up tam-hai-sia

 

screw up

PHRV ยึดติด ด้วย สกรู  yuad-tid-duai-su-kon

 

screw up one's courage / oneself

IDM กล้าหาญ และ เอาชนะ ความกลัว ได้  muster up pluck up ka-han-lea-aol-cha-na-kwam-ka

 

screwable

ADJ ซึ่ง ขัน สกรู  sueng-kan-sa-kru

 

screwdriver

N ไขควง  kai-kuang

 

screwer

N ผู้ ขัน สกรู  phu-kan-sa-kru

 

screwiness

N การกวด ขัน  kan-kuad-kan

 

screwy

ADJ โง่เง่า (คำ สแลง  พิกล  ประหลาด  วิตถาร  insane psycho stupid ngo-ngo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCREW

n. 1. A cylinder of wood or metal, grooved spirally; or a cylinder with a spiral channel or thread cut in such a manner that it is equally inclined to the base of the cylinder throughout the whole length. A screw is male or female. In the male screw, the thread rises from the surface of the cylinder; in the female, the groove or channel is sunk below the surface to receive the thread of the male screw.
2. One of the six mechanical powers.

 

SCREW

v.t. 1. To turn or apply a screw to; to press, fasten or make firm by a screw; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.
2. To force; to squeeze; to press.
3. To oppress by exactions. Landlords sometimes screw and rack their tenants without mercy.
4. To deform by contortions; to distort.
He screw'd his face into a harden'd smile.
To screw out, to press out; to extort.
To screw up to force; to bring by violent pressure; as, to screw up the pins of power too high.
To screw in, to force in by turning or twisting.

 

SCREWED

pp. Fastened with screws; pressed with screws; forced.

 

SCREWER

n.He or that which screws.

 

SCREWING

ppr. Turning a screw; fastening or pressing with a screw.

 

SCREW-TREE

n.A plant of the genus Helicteres, of several species, natives of warm climates. They are shrubby plants, with yellow flowers, and capsules intorted or twisted inward.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCREW

Screw, n. Etym: [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F.écrou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL. , the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr. ]

 

1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove, between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved,motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut.

 

Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the screw, its base equaling the circumference of the cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread.

 

2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below.

 

3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp. , a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below.

 

4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.

 

5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. Thackeray.

 

6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges ]

 

7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang ] Mayhew.

 

8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance. Ld. Lytton.

 

9. (Math. )

 

Defn: A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 1 (b )). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.

 

1 . (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella ). See Sand screw, under Sand. Archimedes screw, Compound screw, Foot screw, etc. See under Archimedes, Compound, Foot, etc. -- A screw loose, something out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. H. Martineau. -- Endless, or perpetual screw, a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a worm. -- Lag screw. See under Lag. -- Micrometer screw, a screw with fine threads, used for the measurement of very small spaces. -- Right and left screw, a screw having threads upon the opposite ends which wind in opposite directions. -- Screw alley. See Shaft alley, under Shaft. -- Screw bean. (Bot. ) (a ) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree (Prosopis pubescens ) growing from Texas to California. It is used for fodder, and ground into meal by the Indians. (b ) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties. -- Screw bolt, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in distinction from a key bolt. See 1st Bolt, 3. -- Screw box, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the thread on a wooden screw. -- Screw dock. See under Dock. -- Screw engine, a marine engine for driving a screw propeller. -- Screw gear. See Spiral gear, under Spiral. -- Screw jack. Same as Jackscrew. -- Screw key, a wrench for turming a screw or nut; a spanner wrench. -- Screw machine. (a ) One of a series of machines employed in the manufacture of wood screws. (b ) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work successively, for making screws and other turned pieces from metal rods. -- Screw pine (Bot. ), any plant of the endogenous genus Pandanus, of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; -- named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like leaves. -- Screw plate, a device for cutting threads on small screws, consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of perforations with internal screws forming dies. -- Screw press, a press in which pressure is exerted by means of a screw. -- Screw propeller, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel propelled by a screw. -- Screw shell (Zoöl.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied genera. See Turritella. -- Screw steamer, a steamship propelled by a screw. -- Screw thread, the spiral which forms a screw. -- Screw stone (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite. -- Screw tree (Bot. ), any plant of the genus Helicteres, consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs, with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled capsules; -- also called twisted-horn, and twisty. -- Screw valve, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a screw. -- Screw worm (Zoöl.), the larva of an American fly (Compsomyia macellaria ), allied to the blowflies, which sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results. -- Screw wrench. (a ) A wrench for turning a screw. (b ) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a screw. -- To put the screw, or screws, on, to use pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce. -- To put under the screw or screws, to subject to presure; to force. -- Wood screw, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of Wood screw, under Wood.

 

SCREW

Screw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Screwed; p. pr. & vb. n. Screwing. ]

 

1. To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.

 

2. To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws. But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. Shak.

 

3. Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions. Our country landlords, by unmeasureable screwing and racking their tenants, have already reduced the miserable people to a worse condition than the peasants in France. swift.

 

4. To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage. He screwed his face into a hardened smile. Dryden.

 

5. To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination. [Cant, American Colleges ] To screw out, to press out; to extort. -- To screw up, to force; to bring by violent pressure. Howell. -- To screw in, to force in by turning or twisting.

 

SCREW

SCREW Screw, v. i.

 

1. To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting. Howitt.

 

2. To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.

 

SCREW-CUTTING

SCREW-CUTTING Screw "-cut `ting, a.

 

Defn: Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.

 

SCREW-DRIVER

SCREW-DRIVER Screw "-driv `er, n.

 

Defn: A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.

 

SCREWER

SCREWER Screw "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, screws.

 

SCREWING

SCREWING Screw "ing,

 

Defn: a. & n. from Screw, v. t. Screwing machine. See Screw machine, under Screw.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

screw

screw |skro͞o skru | ▶noun 1 a short, slender, sharp-pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running around it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated so that it pierces wood or other material and is held tightly in place. • a cylinder with a helical ridge or thread running around the outside (a male screw ) that can be turned to seal an opening, apply pressure, adjust position, etc. , esp. one fitting into a corresponding internally grooved or threaded piece (a female screw ). • (the screws ) historical an instrument of torture acting in this way. • (also screw propeller ) a ship's or aircraft's propeller (considered as acting like a screw in moving through water or air ). 2 an act of turning a screw or other object having a thread. • Brit. Billiards another term for draw. • Brit. a small twisted-up piece of paper, used as a container for a substance such as salt or tobacco. 3 informal a prisoner's derogatory term for a prison guard or warden. 4 [ in sing. ] vulgar slang an act of sexual intercourse. • [ with adj. ] a sexual partner of a specified ability. 5 [ in sing. ] Brit. informal, dated an amount of salary or wages: he's offered me the job with a jolly good screw. 6 Brit. archaic, informal a mean or miserly person. 7 Brit. informal a worn-out horse. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] fasten or tighten with a screw or screws: screw the hinge to your new door. • rotate (something ) so as to fit it into or on to a surface or object by means of a spiral thread: Philip screwed the top on the flask. • [ no obj. ] (of an object ) be attached or removed by being rotated in this way: a connector that screws on to the gas cylinder. • (screw something around ) turn one's head or body around sharply: he screwed his head around to try and find the enemy. 2 [ with obj. ] (usu. be screwed ) informal cheat or swindle (someone ), esp. by charging them too much for something: if you do what they tell you, you're screwed | we ended up getting more money than what they were trying to screw us for . • (screw something out of ) extort or force something, esp. money, from (someone ) by putting them under strong pressure: your grandmother screwed cash out of him for ten years. 3 [ with obj. ] vulgar slang have sexual intercourse with. • [ no obj. ] (of a couple ) have sexual intercourse. • [ in imperative ] informal used to express anger or contempt: Screw him! 4 [ with obj. ] Brit. another term for draw ( sense 8 of the verb ). PHRASES have one's head screwed on ( the right way ) informal have common sense. have a screw loose informal be slightly eccentric or mentally disturbed. put the screws on informal exert strong psychological pressure on (someone ) so as to intimidate them into doing something. a turn of the screw informal an additional degree of pressure or hardship added to a situation that is already extremely difficult to bear. turn (or tighten ) the screw (or screws ) informal exert strong pressure on someone. PHRASAL VERBS screw around 1 vulgar slang have many different sexual partners. 2 informal fool around. screw someone over informal treat someone unfairly; cheat or swindle someone. screw up informal completely mismanage or mishandle a situation: I'm sorry, Susan, I screwed up. screw someone up informal cause someone to be emotionally or mentally disturbed: this job can really screw you up. screw something up 1 tense the muscles of one's face or around one's eyes, typically so as to register an emotion or because of bright light. 2 informal cause something to fail or go wrong: why are you trying to screw up your life? 3 summon up one's courage: now Stephen had to screw up his courage and confess. DERIVATIVES screw a ble adjective, screw er noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun ): from Old French escroue ‘female screw, nut, ’ from Latin scrofa, literally ‘sow, ’ later ‘screw. ’ The early sense of the verb was ‘contort (the features ), twist around ’ (late 16th cent ).

 

screwball

screw ball |ˈskro͞oˌbôl ˈskruˌbɔl | ▶noun 1 Baseball a pitched ball that moves in a direction opposite to that of a curveball. 2 informal a crazy or eccentric person. ▶adjective informal crazy; absurd. • relating to or denoting a style of fast-moving comedy film involving eccentric characters or ridiculous situations. DERIVATIVES screw ball er noun

 

screw cap

screw cap ▶noun a round cap or lid with female thread that can be screwed onto a bottle or jar. DERIVATIVES screw-capped adjective

 

screw coupling

screw coup |ling ▶noun a female screw with threads at both ends for joining lengths of piping or rods.

 

screw-down

screw-down ▶adjective adapted or designed to be closed by screwing: the flex is held by a screw-down bar.

 

screwdriver

screw driv er |ˈskro͞oˌdrīvər ˈskruˌdraɪvər | ▶noun 1 a tool with a flattened, cross-shaped, or star-shaped tip that fits into the head of a screw to turn it. 2 a cocktail made from vodka and orange juice.

 

screwed

screwed |skro͞od skrud | ▶adjective 1 (of a bolt or other device ) having a helical ridge or thread running around the outside. 2 informal in a difficult or hopeless situation; ruined or broken.

 

screwed-up

screwed-up |skrud əp | ▶adjective informal (of a person ) emotionally disturbed; neurotic: the screwed-up children of wealthy parents. • (of an event or a situation ) spoiled by being badly managed or carried out: that was the most screwed-up audition.

 

screw eye

screw eye ▶noun a screw with a loop for passing a cord through, instead of a slotted head.

 

screwgate

screwgate (also screwgate karabiner ) ▶noun Climbing a type of lockable karabiner.

 

screw gear

screw gear ▶noun a gear consisting of an endless screw with a cogwheel or pinion.

 

screw hook

screw hook ▶noun a hook with a point and thread for fastening it to woodwork.

 

screw-in

screw-in ▶adjective adapted or designed to be attached by screwing into something.

 

screw jack

screw jack ▶noun another term for jack screw.

 

screw-on

screw-on ▶adjective adapted or designed to be attached by screwing on to something.

 

screw pine

screw pine ▶noun another term for pandanus.

 

screw plate

screw plate ▶noun a steel plate with threaded holes for making male screws.

 

screw propeller

screw pro pel ler ▶noun see screw ( sense 1 of the noun ).

 

screw tap

screw tap ▶noun a tool for making female screws.

 

screw thread

screw thread ▶noun see thread ( sense 4 of the noun ).

 

screw top

screw top ▶noun another term for screw cap. DERIVATIVES screw-topped adjective

 

screwup

screw up |ˈskro͞oˌəp ˈskruˌəp | ▶noun informal a situation that has been completely mismanaged or mishandled: a massive bureaucratic screwup.

 

screw valve

screw valve ▶noun a stopcock opened and shut by a screw.

 

screwworm

screw worm |ˈskro͞oˌwərm ˈskruˌwərm | ▶noun a large American blowfly larva that enters the wounds of mammals, developing under the skin and often causing death. The adult fly is called the screwworm fly. [Cochliomyia (or Callitroga ) hominivorax, family Calliphoridae. ]

 

screwy

screw y |ˈskro͞oē ˈskrui | ▶adjective ( screwier, screwiest ) informal rather odd or eccentric: some of the most respected doctors had some of the screwiest ideas. DERIVATIVES screw i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

screw

screw |skruː | ▶noun 1 a short, slender, sharp-pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running around it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated so that it pierces wood or other material and is held tightly in place. • a cylinder with a helical ridge or thread running round the outside (a male screw ) that can be turned to seal an opening, apply pressure, adjust position, etc. , especially one fitting into a corresponding internal groove or thread (a female screw ). • historical (the screws ) an instrument of torture having the action of a screw. • (also screw propeller ) a ship's or aircraft's propeller (considered as acting like a screw in moving through water or air ). 2 an act of turning a screw or other object having a thread. • [ mass noun ] Billiards & Snooker, Brit. backspin given to the cue ball by hitting it below centre, intended to make it move backwards after striking the object ball. • [ count noun ] Brit. a small twisted-up piece of paper, typically containing a substance such as salt or tobacco. 3 informal a prisoner's derogatory term for a warder. 4 [ in sing. ] vulgar slang an act of sexual intercourse. • [ with adj. ] a sexual partner of a specified ability. 5 [ in sing. ] Brit. informal, dated an amount of salary or wages: he's offered me the job with a jolly good screw. 6 archaic, informal a mean or miserly person. 7 Brit. informal a worn-out horse. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. and adverbial ] fasten or tighten with a screw or screws: screw the hinge to your new door. • rotate (something ) so as to fit it into or on to a surface or object by means of a spiral thread: Philip screwed the top on the flask. • [ no obj., with adverbial ] (of an object ) be attached or removed by being rotated by means of a spiral thread: a connector which screws on to the gas cylinder. • (screw something around /round ) turn one's head or body round sharply: he screwed his head around to try to find the enemy. 2 [ with obj. ] informal cheat or swindle (someone ), especially by charging them too much for something: the loss of advertising contracts will amount to more than the few quid that they're trying to screw us for . • (screw something out of ) extort or force something, especially money, from (someone ) by putting them under strong pressure: your grandmother screwed cash out of him for ten years. • (be screwed ) be in serious trouble: if you're colour-blind, you're screwed. 3 [ with obj. ] vulgar slang have sexual intercourse with. • [ no obj. ] (of a couple ) have sexual intercourse. 4 [ with obj. ] impart spin or curl to (a ball or shot ). • [ no obj. ] Billiards & Snooker, Brit. play a shot with screw. PHRASES have one's head screwed on ( the right way ) informal have common sense. have a screw loose informal be slightly eccentric or mentally disturbed. put the screws on informal exert strong psychological pressure on (someone ) so as to intimidate them into doing something. a turn of the screw informal an additional degree of pressure or hardship added to a situation that is already extremely difficult to bear. turn (or tighten ) the screw (or screws ) informal exert strong pressure on someone. PHRASAL VERBS screw around 1 vulgar slang have many different sexual partners. 2 informal fool about. screw someone over informal treat someone unfairly; cheat or swindle someone. screw up 1 (of the muscles of one's face or around one's eyes ) contract, typically so as to express emotion or because of bright light. 2 informal, chiefly N. Amer. completely mismanage or mishandle a situation: I'm sorry, Susan, I screwed up. screw someone up informal cause someone to be emotionally or mentally disturbed: this job can really screw you up. screw something up 1 crush a piece of paper or fabric into a tight mass. • tense the muscles of one's face or around one's eyes, typically so as to register an emotion or because of bright light. 2 informal cause something to fail or go wrong: why are you trying to screw up your life? 3 summon up one's courage: now Stephen had to screw up his courage and confess. DERIVATIVES screwable adjective, screwer noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun ): from Old French escroue ‘female screw, nut ’, from Latin scrofa, literally ‘sow ’, later ‘screw ’. The early sense of the verb was ‘contort (the features ), twist around ’ (late 16th cent. ).

 

screwball

screwball |ˈskruːbɔːl |chiefly N. Amer. ▶noun 1 Baseball a ball pitched with reverse spin as compared to a curve ball. 2 informal a crazy or eccentric person. ▶adjective informal crazy; absurd. • relating to or denoting a style of fast-moving comedy film involving eccentric characters or ridiculous situations. DERIVATIVES screwballer noun screwball ( sense 1 of the noun )

 

screw cap

screw cap ▶noun a round cap or lid that can be screwed on to a bottle or jar. DERIVATIVES screw-capped adjective

 

screw coupling

screw coup |ling ▶noun a female screw with threads at both ends for joining lengths of piping or rods.

 

screw-down

screw-down ▶adjective adapted or designed to be closed by screwing: the flex is held by a screw-down bar.

 

screwdriver

screw |driver |ˈskruːdrʌɪvə | ▶noun 1 a tool with a flattened or cross-shaped tip that fits into the head of a screw to turn it. 2 a cocktail made from vodka and orange juice.

 

screwed

screwed |skruːd | ▶adjective 1 (of a bolt or other device ) having a helical ridge or thread running around the outside. 2 informal in a difficult or hopeless situation; ruined or broken. 3 [ predic. ] archaic, informal drunk.

 

screwed-up

screwed-up ▶adjective 1 informal (of a person ) emotionally disturbed; neurotic: the screwed-up children of wealthy parents. • (of an event or a situation ) spoiled by being badly managed or carried out: that was the most screwed-up audition. 2 chiefly Brit. (of paper or fabric ) crumpled or crushed into a ball: a screwed-up paper bag. • (of a person's face or eyes ) crumpled, especially because of worry or effort.

 

screw eye

screw eye ▶noun a screw with a loop for passing a cord through, instead of a slotted head.

 

screwgate

screwgate (also screwgate karabiner ) ▶noun Climbing a type of lockable karabiner.

 

screw gear

screw gear ▶noun a gear consisting of an endless screw with a cogwheel or pinion.

 

screw hook

screw hook ▶noun a hook with a point and thread for fastening it to woodwork.

 

screw-in

screw-in ▶adjective adapted or designed to be attached by screwing into something.

 

screw jack

screw jack ▶noun a vehicle jack worked by a screw device.

 

screw-on

screw-on ▶adjective adapted or designed to be attached by screwing on to something.

 

screw pine

screw pine ▶noun another term for pandanus.

 

screw plate

screw plate ▶noun a steel plate with threaded holes for making male screws.

 

screw propeller

screw pro ¦pel |ler ▶noun see screw ( sense 1 of the noun ).

 

screw tap

screw tap ▶noun a tool for making female screws.

 

screw thread

screw thread ▶noun see thread ( sense 3 of the noun ).

 

screw top

screw top ▶noun a round cap or lid that can be screwed on to a bottle or jar. DERIVATIVES screw-topped adjective

 

screw-up

screw-up ▶noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. a situation that has been completely mismanaged or mishandled: a massive bureaucratic screw-up.

 

screw valve

screw valve ▶noun a stopcock opened and shut by a screw.

 

screw worm

screw worm ▶noun 1 a worm gear or other mechanical device bearing a screw. 2 a large American blowfly larva which enters the wounds of mammals and sometimes humans, developing under the skin and often causing death. The adult fly is called the screw-worm fly. ●Cochliomyia (or Callitroga ) hominivorax, family Calliphoridae.

 

screwy

screwy |ˈskruːi | ▶adjective ( screwier, screwiest ) informal, chiefly N. Amer. rather odd or eccentric. DERIVATIVES screwiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

screw

screw noun 1 stainless steel screws: bolt, fastener; nail, pin, tack, spike, rivet, brad. 2 the handle needs a couple of screws to tighten it: turn, twist, wrench. 3 the ship's twin screws: propeller, rotor. ▶verb 1 he screwed the lid back on the jar: tighten, turn, twist, wind. 2 the bracket was screwed in place: fasten, secure, fix, attach. 3 informal she intended to screw money out of them: extort, force, extract, wrest, wring, squeeze; informal bleed. 4 informal he realized he had been screwed: cheat, trick, deceive, swindle, con, scam, dupe, fool; informal rip off, hose, gyp, bamboozle, stiff. PHRASES put the screws on informal you don't pay up and my pal Bruno here will put the screws on you, see? pressure, put pressure on, coerce, browbeat, use strong-arm tactics on, strong-arm; hold a gun to someone's head; informal turn the heat on, lean on, bulldoze. screw up 1 Tina screwed up her face in disgust: wrinkle (up ), pucker, crumple, crease, furrow, contort, distort, twist, purse. 2 informal they'll screw up the whole economy: wreck, ruin, destroy, wreak havoc on, damage, spoil, mar; dash, shatter, scotch, make a mess of, mess up; informal louse up, foul up, put the kibosh on, scupper, scuttle, do for, nix.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

screw

screw noun 1 fit the shelf to its supports with the screws provided: bolt, fastener; nail, pin, tack, spike, rivet, brad. 2 the handle needs a couple of screws to tighten it: turn, twist, wrench, lever, heave. 3 the ship's twin screws: propeller, rotor. PHRASES put the screws on informal pressurize, put pressure on, use pressure on, pressure, press, bring force to bear on, force, drive, impel, coerce, urge, push, nag; lean on, prevail on; dragoon, steamroller, browbeat, use strong-arm tactics on, have someone do something; hold /put a gun /pistol to someone's head; informal put the heat on, put the squeeze on, twist someone's arm, railroad, bulldoze. with a screw loose it really needs to be a person with a screw loose to commit violence: unstable, unbalanced, of unsound mind, mentally ill, deranged, demented, crazed, troubled, disturbed, unhinged, insane, mad, mad as a hatter, mad as a March hare, raving mad, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, neurotic, psychotic; Latin non compos mentis; informal crazy, loopy, loony, mixed up, nuts, nutty, nutty as a fruitcake, bananas, cracked, crackpot, daft, dippy, screwy, batty, dotty, cuckoo, bonkers, potty, mental, screwed up, not all there, off one's head, out of one's head, out to lunch, a bit lacking, round the bend, round the twist, away with the fairies; Brit. informal barmy, crackers, barking, barking mad, off one's trolley, off one's rocker, daft as a brush, not the full shilling; N. Amer. informal nutsy, nutso, squirrelly, wacko, buggy; dated touched. ▶verb 1 he screwed the lid back on the jar: tighten, turn, twist, wind, work. 2 I screwed the boards down tightly: fasten, secure, fix, attach, clamp, bolt, rivet, batten. 3 she intended to screw money out of them: extort, force, extract, wrest, wring, squeeze; informal bleed someone of something. 4 informal they screwed him at least once, so now he doesn't trust them at all: cheat, swindle, defraud, gazump, fleece; overcharge, short-change; informal rip off, bilk, diddle, do, sting, soak, rob, clip, gyp, skin; N. Amer. informal stiff, gouge; Brit. informal, dated rush; archaic cozen; rare mulct. PHRASES screw something up 1 Christina screwed up her face in disgust: wrinkle (up ), pucker, crumple, crease, furrow, contort, distort, twist, purse. 2 informal they'll screw up the whole economy: wreck, ruin, destroy, devastate, wreak havoc on, reduce to nothing, damage, spoil, mar, injure, blast, blight, smash, shatter, dash, torpedo, scotch, make a mess of, mess up; informal louse up, foul up, put the kibosh on, banjax, do for, blow a hole in, nix, queer; Brit. informal scupper, cock up, dish; Austral. informal euchre, cruel; vulgar slang fuck up; archaic bring to naught. ANTONYMS sort out.

 

screwy

screwy adjective informal are the cases you work on always this screwy? See strange, crazy.

 

Duden Dictionary

Screwballkomödie

Screw ball ko mö die Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈskruːbɔːl …|die Screwballkomödie; Genitiv: der Screwballkomödie, Plural: die Screwballkomödien englisch aus Amerika stammende temporeiche, respektlose Filmkomödie, in der die Hauptfiguren unkonventionell, exzentrisch sind

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

screw

screw /skruː / (! -ewは /uː /) 〖原義は 「らせん状のもの 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 (金属製の )ねじ (!くぎ状で表面に溝のある 「雄ねじ 」をさす; 「ねじの頭 」はhead, 「ねじ山 」はthread ) ▸ tighten [loosen ] a screw ねじを締める [ゆるめる ]▸ a wood screw 木ねじ 2 ｟卑 ｠〖単数形で 〗セックス ; その相手 .3 ｟英俗 ｠看守 (!特に囚人が使う ) .4 ｟英 やや古 ｠〖a ～ of A 〗(紙の小包をひねった )ひと包みのA 〈タバコ 紅茶など 〉.5 (船の )スクリュー ; (飛行機の )プロペラ (screw propeller ).6 〖形容詞的に 〗ねじの切ってある 〈栓 ふた 〉▸ a screw lid ねじぶた .7 らせん状のもの ; コルク抜き (corkscrew ).8 (ねじの )ひとひねり , ひと回し .9 〘ビリヤード 〙ひとひねり , ひねり球 〘球が斜めにねじれるように打つ 〙.10 ｟英話 ｠けちん坊 .11 〖the ～(s )〗無理じい , 強要 , 圧力 ▸ give A a [another ] turn of the screw ≒put [turn, tighten ] the screw (s ) on A ｟くだけて ｠(要求をのませるため )A 〈人 〉に (さらに )圧力を加える, Aを脅迫する .12 ｟英 くだけて ｠廃馬 .h à ve a scr é w [a few scr é ws ] l ó ose ｟くだけて しばしばおどけて ｠少し頭がおかしい .動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 «…に » 〈物 〉をねじで固定する , ねじ留めする «into , onto , to » ▸ screw the bracket to the wall 張り出し棚をねじで壁に取り付ける .2 «…に » 〈物 〉を回して固定する , ねじ込む (on, together ) «into » ▸ screw a bulb into the socket 電球をソケットに回して入れる ▸ The lid was tightly screwed on .ふたはきつく締まっていた ▸ screw a lid on [down, off ] a bottle びんのふたを回して閉じる [開ける ]▸ screw all the parts together すべての部品を留め合わせる .3 ｟卑 否定的に ｠…とセックスする .4 «…になるまで » 〈紙 布など 〉を くしゃくしゃに丸める (up ) «into » ▸ screw the note into a ball そのメモを丸める .5 ｟俗 否定的に ｠〈人 〉をだます , 【金を 】〈人 〉からだまし取る «for » (!しばしば受け身で ) ▸ I was screwed for $20 .20ドルだまし取られた .6 ｟主に英俗 ｠【人から 】〈金など 〉を強要して取る , 絞り取る «from , out of » .7 (苦痛で まぶしくて )〈顔 〉をしかめる, 〈目 〉を細める, 〈顔 〉をしかめて «…の表情を » する (up ) «into » ▸ She screwed her face into a puzzled frown .彼女は顔をしかめて困った表情をした .8 ｟話 卑 ｠〖通例命令形で 〗…なんてくそくらえ ▸ Screw you [him, that ]!この野郎, くそったれ 自動詞 1 〈物が 〉 «…に » ねじで留まる ; 〈物が 〉 «…に » ねじられて [回って ]はまる «in (to ), on (to ), to » ▸ The lightbulb screwed into the socket easily .電球は簡単にソケットにはまった .2 ｟卑 ｠セックスする .scr è w ar ó und 1 ｟くだけた話 ｠ばかをやって時間を過ごす, 時間をむだにする .2 ｟くだけて ｠【物を 】(変更したりして )いじる «with » ▸ Don't screw around with my computer .私のコンピュータをいじらないで .3 ｟卑 ｠【多くの異性と 】セックスをする «with » .scr è w A ar ó und ｟主に米 ｠(考えを変えたり妨害したりして )A 〈人 〉を困らせる .scr è w A ó ver [ó ver A ]｟米 くだけた話 ｠A 〈人 〉をだます, ひどい目にあわせる .scr è w ú p ｟くだけて ｠大失敗をする ; とんでもなくばかなことをする .scr è w A ú p [ú p A ]1 ↑他動詞 4 , 7 .2 ｟くだけて ｠A 〈物 事 〉を台なしにする .3 ｟くだけて ｠(特に長期に渡って )A 〈人 〉を悲しませる, 困惑させる, 不安にする .4 A 〈勇気など 〉を奮い起こす ▸ screw up one's courage 勇気を振り絞る .～́ b ò lt ねじボルト .～́ n ù t ナット .～́ st è amer スクリュー船 .～́ t ò p [c à p ]ねじぶた .～́ wr è nch 自在スパナ .

 

screwball

scr é w b à ll 名詞 C 1 ｟主に米 くだけて ｠奇人, 変人, 変わり者 .2 〘野球 〙スクリューボール, シュート (╳ shoot (ball ) としない ).形容詞 ｟俗 ｠風変わりな, とっぴな .～̀ c ó medy 奇抜な [突飛な ]喜劇 .

 

screwdriver

scr é w dr ì ver 名詞 1 C (工具の )ドライバー, ねじ回し .2 U C スクリュードライバー 〘カクテルの一種; ウォッカにオレンジジュースを混ぜて作る 〙.

 

screwed up

scr è wed ú p scr è wed- ú p 形容詞 ｟くだけて ｠困惑した ; (精神的に )混乱した, 不安定な .

 

screw-top(ped)

scr é w-t ò p (ped )形容詞 (ねじ込み式の )栓 [ふた ]の付いた .

 

screwy

screw y /skrúːi /形容詞 ｟俗 ｠おかしな ; 気の変な ; 役立たずの .