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►                 HIDE STH/Sb i& ffl MM A 1 ~ sth/sb (from sth/sb) to

hide or protect sth/sb by placing sth in front of or around them ||        ; IS M; {£ IE H771 shield : Dark

glasses screened his eyes from the sun.

►                PROTECT SB jE^ A 2 ~ sb from sb/sth to protect sb from sth dangerous or unpleasant, especially to protect sb who has done sth illegal or dishonest /]£ |E; £l/fcE; jfilE Bud SHIELD

►                FOR DISEASE 3 [often passive] ~ (sb) (for sth) to

examine people in order to find out if they have a particular disease or illness 1)$ jit;    : Men over 55

should be regularly screened for prostate cancer. * 55 £

►                CHECK tg 4 (of a company, an organization, etc. A 3], mm) to find out information about people who work or who want to work for you in order to make sure that they can be trusted A jfi:, jit ( # Jl 71 H ) : Government employees may be screened by the security services. Aft.Jfr 0 M nj fgg jg S ^ £ £5 f(1# ¥ 4«,

5                  to check sth to see if it is suitable or if you want it ^rlr; Of IS: I use my answerphone to screen my phone calls.

►                SHOW FILM/MOVIE/PROGRAMME jfo gft fa %; jf EX 7 S

6                  [usually passive] to show a film/movie, etc. in a

cinema/movie theater or on television       ) ;

j#$C (       S ) : a list of films to be screened as part

of the festival

.screen sth—1 off [often passive] to separate part of a room, etc. from the rest of it by putting a screen around it (       ) PiJF: Beds can be screened off to

give patients more privacy, of Vj>}E^fitHff,

.screen sb—out to decide not to allow sb to join an organization, enter a country, etc. because you think they may cause trouble M fa M1^ % A; 7 ?f£ .screen sth—out to prevent sth harmful from entering or going through sth j§ jfj fs 1'J 1$% tl; US M %) %       : The ozone layer screens out dangerous rays

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'Screen Actors Guild noun {abbr. SAG) (in the US) an organization that protects the interests of actors in films and television (US ) Ibll/s! M.17A 'screen dump noun a copy of what is on a computer screen at a particular time; the act of printing this out

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screen-ing /'skriimq/ noun 1 [c] the act of showing a film/movie or television programme (

( % II 7 @ ) M EX : This will be the movie’s first

screening in this country.

% ± $10     2 [U, C] the testing or examining of a large

number of people or things for disease, faults, etc. Of S: breast cancer screening        flgflf S

screen-play /'skriinplei/ noun the words that are writ­ten for a film/movie (= the script), together with in­structions for how it is to be acted and filmed A 'screen-print verb [VN, V] to force ink or metal onto a surface through a screen of silk or artificial material to produce a picture £if#JEp©] ► 'screen print noun ' screen saver noun a computer program that replaces a screen display on a computer with another, moving, display after a particular length of time, to stop the screen from being damaged

screen-shot /'skriinjnt; NAmE -Ja:t/ noun {computing if) an image of the display on a screen, used when showing how a program works       ® , M III M

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'screen test noun a test to see if sb is suitable to appear in a film/movie (

screen-wash /'skriinwDj’; NAmE -wa:X; -wo:J7 noun [u] a liquid used to wash the windscreens of vehicles M M

screen-writer /'skri:nrait8(r)/ noun a person who writes screenplays A 1/ $J A fb — compare play­wright, SCRIPTWRITER Screw 0-w /skru:/ noun, verb

u noun 1 [C] a thin pointed piece of metal like a nail with a raised spiral line (called a thread) along it and a line or cross cut into its head. Screws are turned and pressed into wood, metal, etc. with a screwdriver in order to fasten two things together.    : One

of the screws is loose,        WMM%kTo 0 Now tighten all

the screws. 3EJE &   p$ If. M if jf ^ 0 — picture o tool

►                see also corkscrew 2 [C] an act of turning a screw

(         ) Silt 3 [sing.] {taboo, slang) an act of having

sex 4 [sing.] {taboo, slang) a partner in sex

Ik: a good screw1 fbJttrXXtlk 5 [C] a propeller on a ship, a boat or an aircraft $e % 6 [C] (BrE, slang) a prison officer      MW IHTOI have a ‘screw loose

to be slightly strange in your behaviour Alb

put the 'screws on (sb) to force sb to do sth by frightening and threatening them i|; iSc jig

►                more at turn n.

mverb 1 [VN +adv./prep.] to fasten one thing to another or make sth tight with a screw or screws % M E0 ^ ff A ) : The bookcase is screwed to the wall.

<> You need to screw all the parts together.        o Now

screw down the lid. TJfi jt % M # M A @ ^      „ — com­

pare unscrew 2 to twist sth around in order to fasten it in place ffM : [VN +adv./prep.] She screwed the cap back on the jar. MXJEr P  0 [VN-ADJ]

Screw the bolt tight.   — compare unscrew

7                  [V] to be attached by screwing ff ■ _h A : The bulb should just screw into the socket. IE il jt M'J PA M ff o 0 The lid simply screws on. & M A—br Wt M T „

8                  [VN] ~ sth up (into sth) | ~ sth (up) into sth to squeeze sth, especially a piece of paper, into a tight ball JE (

# )     : I screwed up the letter and threw it into

the fire, mmmimffc-®, DIT^Io o screw the foil into a little ball. jE IS % J® A 0 » — see also screwed-up(2) 5 [VN] ~ sb (for sth) {slang) to cheat sb, especially by making them pay too much money for sth ibs (     ) : We’ve been screwed.       To 0

How much did they screw you for {= how much did you have to pay)? #/HH76 [V, VN] {taboo, slang) to have sex with sb ( A ) i43c firm screw 'him, 'you, 'that, etc. {taboo, slang) an offensive way of showing that you are annoyed or do not care about sb/sth A# (  JEfE ( Mfo, & ) screw

up your 'courage to force yourself to be brave enough to do sth H: I finally screwed up my courage and

went to the dentist.   Wii&MH, A# 7^Eo

►                more at head n.         .screw a'round {taboo, slang)

to have sex with a lot of different people $L fi!; 3c .screw sth from/'out of sb to force sb to give you sth |fj % ; [t& ib : They screwed the money out of her by threats, fife {{1jg $6 tB. 7 ^ „      , screw ' up {slang, espe­

cially NAmE) to do sth badly or spoil sth Mb!; M j§L; # J7 033 mess UP: You really screwed up there!

ji M 7 7 J M ^! — related noun screw-up , screw sb—'up {slang) to upset or confuse sb so much that they are not able to deal with problems in their life M fij % 7 IE # A ?£ ; M ft 7 IE # : Her father’s death really screwed her up. X ffc WL Jfi, j% M M 7f ft M»

►                see also screwed-up(I) .screw sth—'up 1 to fasten

sth with screws A: to screw up a crate 71

bT bE Wl & If IT        2 {BrE) to fasten sth by turning it ff

. A; M %: I screwed up the jar and put it back on the shelf. flcjEHSAbrAiDL        3 {slang) to do sth

badly or spoil sth MIS; It$L;      : Don’t screw it up

this time.   ifc rTIS^SHI7j, — related noun screw-up

.screw your eyes/'face—up to contract the muscles of your eyes or face because the light is too strong, you are in pain, etc. (  ffl

ft ffl : He took a sip of the medicine and screwed up his face. M7-/hnl^{&77'gt@o screw-ball /'skru:bo:l/ noun {informal, especially NAmE) a strange or crazy person gA ; £E A screw-driver /'skruidraiva(r)/ noun 1 a tool with a narrow blade that is specially shaped at the end,