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corkscrew

/kawrk-skroo/US // ˈkɔrkˌskru //UK // (ˈkɔːkˌskruː) //

开瓶器,瓶塞钻,瓶颈螺旋,瓶口螺丝

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an instrument typically consisting of a metal spiral with a sharp point at one end and a transverse handle at the other, used for drawing corks from bottles.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resembling a corkscrew; helical; spiral.
  1. 1
    • : to move in a spiral or zigzag course.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inwave
Forms: corkscrewed, corkscrewing, corkscrews
Synonyms
crest徽章,峰顶,徽记,鸡冠flood淹没,水灾,洪水,泛滥成灾influx流入,涌入,流入量,流动movement运动,运动的outbreak爆发,疫情爆发,爆发了,疫情rash皮疹,疹子,红疹子,红疹rush匆匆忙忙,匆匆忙忙的,匆忙中,匆匆忙忙地sign签名,符号,标志,签署stream溪流,流,溪水,流动surge激增,浪涌,澎湃,汹涌澎湃swell肿胀,胀大,膨胀,胀tide潮汐,潮流,潮水,潮流趋势upsurge飙升,热潮,高潮,激增bending弯曲的,弯曲,折弯,弯曲性billow大浪,大浪淘沙,波浪,波涛汹涌breaker破碎机,断路器,破产者,破碎器coil线圈,卷材,盘管,卷轴comber梳理者,梳理人,梳理员,梳妆台convolution卷积,卷积法,卷缩,卷曲crush粉碎,碾压,压碎,破碎curl卷曲,鬈毛,鬈鬈,鬈发curlicue卷曲,弯曲,曲线,弯曲的drift漂流,漂移,漂泊,漂浮foam泡沫,泡沫塑料,泡沫材料,泡沫剂gush涌出,涌泉,涌现,啧啧称奇heave波浪,波涛汹涌,波涛,波浪形loop循环,环路,圈子,襻ridge山脊,山脉,脊柱,脊梁ripple涟漪,波纹,纹波,涟波rippling涟漪,波纹状,波纹状的,涟漪状rocking摇滚,摇摆,摇晃,摇滚乐roll滚,卷,滚动,滚滚roller辊筒,辊子,滚子,滚筒scroll卷轴,书卷,卷卷,卷signal信号,信号灯,信号显示,信号的sweep扫荡,扫除,清扫,打扫tendency倾向性,趋势,趋向,倾向tube管子,管,筒子,筒twirl转动,转移,转圈,旋转twist扭转,扭曲,缠绕,扭曲了undulation起伏,波动,起伏不平,波状unevenness凹凸不平,凹凸不平的现象,凸凹不平,凹凸不平的情况uprising起义,暴动,叛乱whitecap白帽,白帽子,白头翁,白浪winding缠绕,绕组,蜿蜒曲折,缠绕的ground swell地面涌动,地面膨胀,地涌,地面浪

Examples

  • These huge threads stretch hundreds of millions of light-years in space and twirl like giant corkscrews.

  • These tendrils stretching hundreds of millions of light-years spin, twirling like giant corkscrews.

  • Then, for reasons unknown to researchers, the whale switches to a loose corkscrew upward for the last 600 meters or so.

  • In my corkscrew travels I often like to revisit familiar, favorite regions looking for unfamiliar wines.

  • High-speed 3-D microscopy of human sperm swimming freely in the lab revealed that the cells corkscrew as they move, consistent with previous studies.

  • I asked, watching buzzards, white-backed vultures, and tawny eagles corkscrew skyward on thermals.

  • And a few infamous bugs, like the corkscrew-shaped bacterium called Helicobacter pylori, which can be downright carcinogenic.

  • The path rose more steeply now with a spiral twist to the right like the final turn of a corkscrew.

  • I meant, we were both in love, he said with the ghost of a smile, if your corkscrew advances towards matrimony can be called love.

  • There was a noise at the other end of the room, as if something was crawling up the iron corkscrew stair.

  • As it swallowed us we began to spiral rapidly around as though we were tobogganing down a giant corkscrew.

  • Here is a machine the central part of which resembles a great corkscrew or spiral constantly revolving.