screw
/skruː/
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US voice -> screw
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!
- 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.
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