英语词汇“screwdriver”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

screwdriver

释义

screwdriver|ˈskruːdraɪvə(r)|
1. A tool for turning screws into or out of their places. It is shaped like a chisel, with a blunt end which fits into the nick in the head of the screw.
1779in Dict. Amer. Eng. (1944) IV. 2045/1, 1 doz. draw rings, screw driver, and gimlet.1812P. Nicholson Mech. Exerc. 353 Screw Driver, a tool used to turn screws into their places.1840Thackeray Catherine vii, A screwdriver and a crowbar.1842Gwilt Archit. §2109 Some [bits]..are provided with a screw-driver for sinking small screws into wood.
Comb.1893Dunglison's Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 21), Screw⁓driver teeth, peculiar teeth seen in young subjects of hereditary syphilis.
2. punningly. One who drives a ‘screwy’ horse.
1835C. J. Apperley Nimrod's Hunting Tours 215 (Farmer) Mr. Charles Boultbee, the best screw driver in England.
3. A cocktail made of vodka and iced orange juice. orig. U.S.
1956House & Garden Feb. 112/2 Screwdriver. This has become the most popular drink the West Coast has seen in years. Merely add 2 ounces of vodka to a tall glass of orange juice. Ideal for Sunday brunch.1959M. Dolinsky There is no Silence v. 79, I didn't have the screwdriver she wanted, but she settled for a bourbon and soda.1967F. Warner Madrigals 30 Draining down screwdrivers in topless Broadway.1977Times 10 Aug. 14/4 The men who dispense manhattans, grasshoppers and screwdrivers..by the shakerful.
Hence ˈscrewdrive v. trans. (nonce-wd.), to drive in as if with a screwdriver.
1894Clark Russell Good Ship Mohock I. 105 He stared at me for some moments fixedly, as though he would screw⁓drive his gaze through my brain.

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