Screw

(noun.) a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head.

(noun.) a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air.

(noun.) a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole.

(verb.) tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions; 'Screw the bottle cap on'.

(verb.) cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion; 'drive in screws or bolts'.

(verb.) turn like a screw.

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• Obviously, as the cylinder was turned, the needle followed a spiral path whose pitch depended upon that of the feed screw. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Did Lady Brackenstall say that screw was used? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The operator in Fig. 6 is shown assembling switch plugs and is in the act of driving home a screw which holds in place the fiber bar over which the cord bends. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• As a matter of fact, that screw was not used. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• This long screw would have transfixed it and drawn it up with a single pull. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• In charging the apparatus, the interior, A, is nearly filled with water, or other liquid, through the opening, _f_, which is then closed by cork, which is kept in its place by a screw nut. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Her engines are of the twin screw, vertical triple expansion direct acting inverted cylinder type. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• As she said it, Miss Wren suddenly broke off, screwed up her eyes and her chin, and looked prodigiously knowing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The rifle grooves, however, were first made spiral or screwed by Koster, of Birmingham, about 1620, while straight grooves are said to have been in use as far back as 1498. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The metal casting of each page is very thin, and when required to be used, it is screwed on to blocks of wood to the same height as ordinary types. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• You'd have been screwed in gaol, Bute, if I had not kept your money. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• When the slate bed is laid, the slabs, doweled as the leaves of an extension dining table, are fitted together and screwed to the frame. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He held the usual screwed bit of whitey-brown paper in his hand, from which he ever and again unscrewed a spare pinch of snuff. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• This IS luck, he declared; and she caught a twinkle of amused curiosity between his screwed-up lids. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He asks Lydgate all sorts of questions and then screws up his face while he hears the answers, as if they were pinching his toes. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It consisted of a large collection of bolts and screws which had been _cold-punched_, as well as of elevator and carrier chains, the links of which had been so punched. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• A lathe on which was formed wood screws is described in a work of Jacques Besson, published at Lyons, France, in 1582. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The engine, boiler, and twin screws are shown in Fig. 107. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The earliest, most successful demonstrations of screw propellers and paddle wheels in steam vessels in the century were the construction and use of a boat with twin screws by Col. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The practical method of securing the proper and ready adaptation of balances to springs is to place in the rims of the balance a number of small screws having relatively heavy heads. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Mr. Guppy screws his mouth into a silent No! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Boffin will get all the eagerer for waiting a bit,' says Silas, screwing up, as he stumps along, first his right eye, and then his left. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• There was a screwing and complaining sound down below, and their bent figures were strained, as if by a weight. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Young man, said Pumblechook, screwing his head at me in the old fashion, you air a going to Joseph. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

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