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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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screw

/skruː/

US pronunciation
American sound/skruː/
screw
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Long vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> screw

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဝက်အူ (v) ဝက်အူစုပ်

Full entry

screw /skru:/ n

၁။ [C] ဝက်အူ။ a wood screw (ie for use in wood). Compare NAIL See also CORKSCREW
၂။ [C] ဝက်အူကျပ်ခြင်း။ The nut isn't tight enough yet: give it another screw.
၃။ [C] (သင်္ဘော၊ မော်တော်) ပန်ကာ၊ ငါးမန်း တောင်။ a twin-screw cruiser.
၄။ [C] (Brit sl ) ထောင်အမှုထမ်း။
၅။ [sing] (⚠ sl ) (က) ကာမစပ်ယှက်ခြင်း။ have a screw with sb ❍ All he wants is a screw.
(ခ) ကာမစပ်ယှက်ဖော်။ be a good screw.
v ဝက်အူစုပ်သည်။ ဝက်အူကျပ်သည်။ screw a bracket to the wall ❍ screw a lock on the door ❍ screw all the parts together.
၂။ (က) လှည့်(ထည့်၊ ကြည့်၊ သွင်း) သည်။ screw the lid on (the jar) ❍ screw a bulb in ❍ screw one's head round (ie in order to look over one's shoulder) ❍ screw the nut tight.
(ခ) လှည့်သွင်းရသည်။ This type of bulb screws into the socket. ❍ Does this lid screw on, or do you just press it down?
၃။ ~ sb (for sth) (sl ) (ဗန်း) ရိုက်စားသည်။ လှီးသည်။ We've been screwed. ❍ How much did they screw you for (ie How much did you have to pay)?
၄။ (⚠ sl ) (က) သံဝါသပြုသည်။ a couple screwing in the back of a car.
(ခ) လွန်ကျူးသည်။ He accused me of screwing his wife.
❏ have a screw loose [IDM ] သွပ်ချောင်ချောင်ဖြစ်နေ သည်။
❏ put the screws on (sb) [IDM ]
ခြိမ်းခြောက်သည်။ The landlord's putting the screws on to get her to leave.
❏ screwball n (US infml ) အရူး။ အပေါ။ a screwball comedy.
❏ screwed-up adj
(က) ကတိမ်းကယိမ်းဖြစ်နေသော။ ကပေါက်ချိကပေါက်ချာဖြစ်သော။ screwed-up kids ❍ I'm still screwed-up about the accident.
(ခ) လုံးထွေးထားသော။ a screwed-up tissue/paper bag. (ဂ) ရှုံ့တွမဲ့ရွဲ့သော(မျက်နှာ)။ မှေးထားသော(မျက်စိ)။
❏ screw sth from / out of sb [PHRV ] ညှစ်သည်။ They screwed the money out of her by threats.
❏ screw him , you , that , etc [IDM ] (⚠ sl ) (စိတ်တို၍ ဆဲရေးသည့်စကား)။
❏ screw sb over [PHRV ] (US ) တစ်ပတ်ရိုက်သည်။
❏ screw-topped (also screw-top ) adj လှည့်ပိတ်ရသည့် အဖုံးပါသော(ပုလင်း၊ ဘူး စသည်)။
❏ screw up [PHRV ] (sl esp US ) တလွဲတချော်လုပ်မိသည်။ I was trying to help, but I screwed up again.
❏ screw sth up [PHRV ]
၁။ ဝက်အူစုပ်သည်။ screw up a crate.
၂။ လှည့်၍ပိတ်သည်။ I screwed up the jar and put it back in the cupboard. Compare UNSCREW
၃။ လုံးထွေးလိုက်သည်။ I screwed up the letter and threw it on the fire.
၄။ (မျက်နှာ)ရှုံ့သည်။ (မျက်စိ)မှေးကြည့်သည်။
The bitter drink made her screw up her face.
၅။ (sl ) တလွဲတချော်လုပ်သည်။ ငါးပါးမှောက်သည်။ Don't ask them to organize the trip, they'll only screw everything up.
❏ screw up one's courage [IDM ] ရဲစိတ်မွေးသည်။ ရဲဆေးတင်သည်။ I finally screwed up my courage and went to the dentist.
❏ screwy adj (infml ) ပေါကြောင်ကြောင်။ She's really screwy! ❍ What a screwy idea!

More examples
  • Next screw the back and sides of the box together.
  • [screw something into/onto/to something] : The rails need to be firmly screwed to the wall.
  • Make sure you screw the lid on firmly to keep the contents fresh.
  • [screw someone out of something] : We were just screwed out of £20!
  • Peter kept his eyes screwed tightly shut.
  • [screw something into something] : She was nervously screwing her tissue into a ball.
Synonyms
turn, twist, rotate, coil, attach, bilk, bleed, bolt, brad, cheat, chisel, coerce, constrain, contort, contract, corkscrew, crimp, crinkle, crumple, crunch, curlicue, defraud, distort, do, exact, extort, extract, fasten, fastener, fix, fold, force, furrow, gnarl, helix, hold a knife to, jailer, key, knot, latchkey, ligament, nail, opener, oppress, padlock, passkey, pinch, pressure, pressurize, prison officer, propeller, pucker, put screws to, ream, rimple, rivet, rosette, ruck up, rumple, scrunch, secure, shake down, sliding bar, spin, spiral, squeeze, staples, stud, tack, tighten, twine, twist in, volute, wad, wind, work, wrench, wrest, wring, wrinkle
Antonyms
give, help, let go, smooth, straighten, unscrew, untwist
Cross references
turntwistrotatecoilattachbilkbleedboltbradcheatchiselcoerceconstraincontortcontractcorkscrewcrimpcrinklecrumplecrunchcurlicuedefrauddistortdoexactextortextractfasten
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