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screwed 音标拼音: [skr'ud] a. 以螺丝拧紧的,螺丝状的,喝醉了的 以螺丝拧紧的,螺丝状的,喝醉了的 Screw \ Screw\ ( skr[ udd]), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Screwed} ( skr[ udd] d); 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws. [ 1913 Webster] But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we' ll not fail. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions. [ 1913 Webster] Our country landlords, by unmeasurable screwing and racking their tenants, have already reduced the miserable people to a worse condition than the peasants in France. -- swift. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage. [ 1913 Webster] He screwed his face into a hardened smile. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination. [ Cant, American Colleges] [ 1913 Webster] { To screw out}, to press out; to extort. { To screw up}, ( a) to force; to bring by violent pressure. -- Howell. ( b) to damage by unskillful effort; to bungle; to botch; to mess up; as, he screwed up the contract negotiations, and we lost the deal. ( c) [ intrans.] to fail by unskillful effort, usually causing unpleasant consequences. { To screw in}, to force in by turning or twisting. { Screw around}, ( a) to act aimlessly or unproductively. ( b) to commit adultery; to be sexually promiscuous. { Screw around with}, to operate or make changes on ( a machine or device) without expert knowledge; to fiddle with. [ Colloq.] . --> [ 1913 Webster]
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