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twin-screw

/twin-skroo/US // ˈtwɪnˈskru //

双螺杆,双螺杆式,双螺旋桨,双螺杆机

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Nautical.

    • : having two screw propellers, which usually revolve in opposite directions.

Examples

  • Twin buglers played “Taps” and three police helicopters flew overhead in the missing-man formation.

  • Target was established in 1962 by the Dayton brothers as a discount offshoot of their eponymous Twin Cities department store.

  • Twin girls, Greta and Grace, run around the floor in circles, wearing pink playsuits with tiny pink wings attached.

  • You want less concentration in banking—at least the type that will screw the little guy and imperil the economy?

  • The twin entrepreneurs and stars of HGTV's Property Brothers will be taking your questions live on Tuesday, December 16 at 2pm.

  • This hurly-burly,” said he, drawing her into a quiet eddy of the stream, “is no place for the communion of two twin souls.

  • The powdered stone was removed from the hole by giving a screw form to the stem of the bit.

  • "I did n't fly off the handle," said the screw, twirling huskily at the end of the screw-shaft.

  • The twin whirlpools threatened the affrightened mariner on either side.

  • At the usual hour that night the employés of Stickle and Screw left work and took their several ways home ward.