| 词组 | screw |
| 释义 | screw [screwed, screwed, screwing] screw around 1. screw around AmE spoken informal to spend time doing silly things: ▪ The guys in the back of the class would always screw around and learn nothing. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑fool around, ↑mess around informal 2. screw sb around spoken especially AmE to cause trouble or problems for someone, especially by changing your mind a lot or preventing them from getting what they want: ▪ They really screwed us around - every day there was a new set of rules and regulations. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑mess around informal, ↑piss about/around BrE informal 3. screw around spoken informal to have sex with a lot of different people. This is a rude expression and some people are offended by it.: ▪ Axel's girlfriend Doro thought he had been screwing around. + with ▪ My father was screwing around with other women, and she found out. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑sleep around informal, ↑cat around AmE old-fashioned informal screw around with screw around with sth AmE spoken informal to make unnecessary changes that affect something in an annoying way and cause problems: ▪ The last time he'd screwed around with Helen's rent, there's been a fight. ▪ All the tax people care about is screwing around with small businesses like mine. ■ SIMILAR TO: mess around with informal, ↑mess with informal screw out of screw sth out of sb informal to force someone to give you money or information: ▪ landowners who screwed all they could out of the local peasants screw over screw sb over • screw over sb AmE spoken informal to deceive someone, especially in order to get money from them dishonestly, or to cause someone a lot of problems: ▪ My last company really screwed me over. ▪ No wonder workers feel sore when their own unions are screwing them over. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑rip off informal screw up 1. screw sb up spoken informal if a bad experience screws you up, it makes you feel unhappy, anxious, and confused for a long period of time: ▪ It really screwed her up when her mother died. ▪ I used to do a lot of drugs, and they really screwed me up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑mess up informal, ↑fuck up taboo screwed-up adj ▪ a screwed-up rich kid who got himself expelled from boarding school ▪ The guy's really screwed-up. He had a terrible time when he was a kid. 2. screw up • screw up sth • screw sth up spoken informal to make a mistake or to spoil something: ▪ Somebody screwed up, and it got delivered to the wrong house. ▪ You've really screwed up this time. The boss is furious. ▪ How can anyone support a government that's screwing up the economy, as this one is? ▪ Why did you let Slater handle the deal? I knew he's screw things up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑mess up informal, ↑foul up informal screw-up n C a mistake that spoils arrangements: ▪ There'd been a screw-up in plane reservations. 3. screw up your eyes/face, screw your eyes/face up to make your eyes narrower or the muscles in your face tighter: ▪ Miss Jarman screwed up her face in disgust. "I can't abide that man....there's something devious about him." ▪ He rested his arms on the railing and looked out over Central Park, his eyes screwed up against the sun. 4. screw up sth • screw sth up BrE if you screw up a piece of paper, you twist and crush it with your hands making it into a small round shape: ▪ Vida screwed up the letter and threw it into the trash. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑crumple up |
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