| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| screw n | (fastener) | skruv s |
| | Screws have a better holding power than nails. |
| | Skruvar har bättre hållfasthet än spikar. |
| screw n | (threaded pin) | skruv s |
| | The screws have a slot or star-shaped head. |
| | Skruvarna har ett spår- eller kryssformat huvud. |
| screw n | (turn of a screw) | åtskruvning s |
| | | skruvning s |
| | The manual calls for five screws clockwise. |
| | Instruktionsboken säger att det ska vara fem åtskruvningar medurs. |
| screw⇒ vi | (fasten with a screw) | skruvas vitr |
| | The bottle cap screws on and off. |
| | Flaskans kork skruvas på och av. |
| screw [sth]⇒ vtr | (turn, twist) | skruva vtr |
| | | vrida vtr |
| | You need to screw it the other way or it won't work. |
| | Du måste vrida den på andra hållet annars kommer det inte att funka. |
screw [sth] to [sth],
screw [sth] into [sth],
screw [sth] onto [sth] vtr + prep | (fasten) | skruva vtr |
| | | skruva fast ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | (ngt på en vägg) | skruva upp vtr partikel skj |
| | He screwed the bookshelves to the wall. |
| | Han skruvade fast bokhyllan i väggen. |
| screw [sth] into [sth] vtr + prep | (contort) | förvrida vtr |
| | He screwed his face into an expression of extreme concentration. |
| | Han förvred sitt ansikte i en grimas av extrem koncentration. |
| screw [sth] into [sth] vtr + prep | (crumple) | skrynkla vtr |
| | She screwed the paper into a ball and threw it in the bin. |
| | Han skrynklade ihop pappret till en boll och kastade det i papperskorgen. |
| screw [sb]⇒ vtr | vulgar, offensive, informal (have sex with) | ha sex med vbal uttr |
| | (informell) | ligga med vtr + prep |
| | (informell, vulgär) | knulla vtr |
| | I think Jay screwed that girl last night. |
| | Jag tror att Jay hade sex med den där tjejen förra natten. |
| screw⇒ vi | vulgar, offensive, informal (have sex) (vulgär) | knulla vtr + s |
| | (informell) | ligga vitr |
| | | ha sex vitr |
| | Jack and I spent all night screwing instead of going to the party. |
| screw n | vulgar, offensive, informal (sex) (informell) | ligg s |
| | (informell) | nyp s |
| | (vulgär) | knull s |
| | He doesn't love her; he just wants a screw. |
| Ytterligare översättningar |
| screw n | (propeller) | propeller s |
| | The submarine had a very quiet screw, undetectable by some sonar devices. |
| screw n | slang (prison guard) (slang) | plit s |
| | (formell) | kriminalvårdare s |
| | (vardaglig) | fångvakt, fängelsevakt s |
| | His years as a prison screw were tough. |
| screw n | dated, UK, slang (wages) | lön s |
| | We're going to the pub when we've had our screw. |
| screws npl | figurative, informal (coercion) | skruvar spl |
| | (bildlig) | dra åt skruvarna vbal uttr |
| | | öka pressen vtr + s |
| | Vinny G. tightened the screws by putting the guy's wife in danger. |
| screw [sb] into doing [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (coerce) | pressa ngn till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | tvinga ngn till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | They screwed the hostage into giving them the names they wanted. |
| screw vi | (turn like a screw) | vrida sig vitr partikel |
| | | vrida på sig vbal uttr |
| | The stage set screws around to reveal a second scene. |
| screw vi | (rotate) | skruvas vitr |
| | | vrida sig vitr partikel |
| | The bolt won't screw in the hole. |
| screw vi | (extort) | utpressa vitr |
| | He has never done an honest day's work, just stealing and screwing. |
| screw [sth]⇒ vtr | figurative, informal (extract) | pressa vtr |
| | (vardaglig) | ta vtr |
| | (vardaglig) | lura vtr |
| | They screwed every last penny out of him. |
| screw [sth] vtr | figurative, informal (extort) | pressa ut ngn vtr partikel oskj |
| | | suga ut ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | pressa vtr |
| | The taxman screws all the profit out of the business. |
| screw [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | figurative, informal (cheat) | lura vtr |
| | | missbruka vtr |
| | The embezzler had screwed the system. |