used for turning screws % ft 7J ; r& ft —
picture o tool 2 a cocktail (= an alcoholic drink) made
from vodka and orange juice
)
.screwed-'up
oc//'.
1 (informal) upset and anxious, especially because of sth bad that has
happened to you in the past ( an
extremely screwed-up kid —2
(especially
BrE) twisted
into a ball a
screwed-up tissue 03 $] f B; rfi 3 if your face or eyes
are screwed-up, the
muscles are tight, because you are worried, in pain, etc., or because the light
is too bright
( 0)
ffiMftn, wmm,
w.
Mmsk
:screw-top (also 'screw-topped) adj. [only before noun]
(of a container #f£) having a top or lid that screws onto it %—picture o packaging 'screw-up noun [pi. screw-ups) {slang) an occasion when you
do sth badly or spoil sth jiff; #5®; tbit screwy /'skruii/ adj.
{informal) strange or crazy ^
W; ^£E$J
scrib ble /'skribl/ verb, noun
m verb 1 ~
(sth) |
~ sth
down to
write sth quickly and carelessly, especially because you do not have much time^ifiT, ( A3f0B7|al%j£ ) 033
scrawl : [VN] He scribbled a note to his sister before
leaving, mm, * she
scribbled down her phone number
and pushed it into his hand. SMfto o [V]
Throughout the interview the journalists scribbled
away furiously.
2 [V, usually +adv./prep.] to draw marks that do not mean anything 0: Someone had scribbled all
over the table in crayon.
»$f70
s noun 1 [U, sing.] careless
and untidy writing ccm scrawl : How do you expect me to read this scribble? k
Wm fti&&.&. W £ ffl , ?
2
[C, usually pi.] marks
or pictures that seem to have no meaning %$1 ® WXffl H73 scrawl : The page was covered with a mass of scribbles.
scrib bler /'skribla(r)/ noun 1 {disapproving or humorous)
a journalist, author or other writer 31 31 7 2 [C]
(iCanE)
a book with plain paper for writing in, especially for children at school ( xh&tE.&)lMMtlti ) & >} #■,
JJ 77
scribe /skraib/
noun a person who made copies of written documents before printing was
invented ( E\i
scrim-mage /'skrimid3/ noun 1 a confused struggle or
fight M&; fa #5« ^ 033 scrum
2 (in
American football Ha£JiLJ&) a
period of play that begins with the ball being placed on the ground
3
(NAmE) a practice game of American football,
BASKETBALL, etc. (
m,
scrimp /skrimp/
verb [V] to spend very little money on the things that you need to live,
especially so that you can save it to spend on sth else ( X
3b fs 7 j# fl ) ■: They scrimped and
saved to give the children a good education, ftfed ^ , % WJi: jf
o note at save
scrip /skrip/
noun
{business fgf) an extra share in a
business, given out instead of a dividend ( J&Jl.W )
iff;
script /skript/
noun, Verb
m noun 1 [C] a written text of a
play, film/movie, broadcast, talk, etc. $J7; 77#
(
That line isn’t in the original script. JM0] 7 7 ^f SB 7) ^iS]0
2 [U] writing done by hand 31 il: She admired his neat script. M /R.1% ftfe M jKj ~ 7 70 — see also
manuscript 3 [U, C] a set of
letters in which a language is written ( -- # W M ) 7#3Uf7 7#^ 023 alphabet : a document in
Cyrillic script — iff M J1'7 4 [C] (Br£) a
candidate’s written answer or answers in an exam 3!^## 5 [U, C] {computing if) a series of
instructions for a computer P7 ( W.l¥ ) ( it) : The bug was caused by
an error in
the script.
4
verb [VN] [often passive] to
write the script for a film/
movie,
play, etc. 7jEf.lt ) AH'] 7
script ed /‘skriptid/ adj. read from a script 7ft: a scripted talk unscripted
scrip tor-ium /skrip’toiriam/ noun {pi. scrip-tor-iums or scrip toria /-’tairia/) {old
use) a room for writing in, especially in a monastery (
scrip ture /'skriptj^r)/ noun 1 Scripture [U] (also the Scripture^ [pi.]) the Bible 2 scriptures [pi.] the
holy books of a particular
religion ( ) 5 A,
ih X, Hindu scriptures Epjg&X*
scrip-turaI
/'skriptJaral/ adj.. scriptural references <775) script-writer /'skriptraita(r)/ noun
a person who writes the words for films/movies, television and radio plays (
EfeS7 nmm ) — compare
PLAYWRIGHT, SCREENWRITER
scrof-ula /'skrDfjola;
NAmE 'skraif-; 'skraif-/ noun [U] {medical @l) a disease in which the glands swell, probably a form of tuberculosis ; iff E5£b
scroll /skraul;
NAmE skroul/ noun, verb u noun 1 a long roll of paper
for writing on ( jjf fS^j 1$ ) l|2a decoration cut in stone or wood with a
curved shape like a roll of paper ( fj )
7^i
5
verb {computing if) to move text on a
computer screen
up or down so that you
can read different parts of it ^ M; '■$.$] : [V +adv./prep.} Use
the arrow keys to scroll through the list of files. S b
Scroll down to the bottom of the document. 3\
o [VN] Use the arrow
keys to scroll the list of
files.
'scroll bar noun {computing if) a strip at the
edge of a computer screen that you use to scroll through a file with, using a
mouse — picture c> page R6
Scrooge
/skru:d3/ noun [usually sing.] {informal,
disapproving) a person who is very unwilling to spend money ^H % ; XMM bnueii^i From Ebenezer Scrooge,
a character in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol who is extremely mean.
IStlf 7 M
At/fJtfE/g#
* (Ebenezer
Scrooge ) 0
scro-tum /'skrautam;
NAmE 'skrou-/ noun {pi. scro-tums or scrota /'skrauta; NAmE ‘skrou-/) the bag
of skin that contains the testicles
in men and most male animals
scrounge /skraund3/
verb,
noun
mverb ~ (sth) (off/from
sb) | ~ (for sth) {informal, disapproving) to get sth from
sb by asking them for it rather than by paying for it ^ ^ ; £l # H23 cadge : [VN] He’s always scrounging free meals off us.
n£0 o [V] What is she
scrounging for this time? X5fcl£ff X ? ► scroun-ger noun -, a campaign
against welfare scroungers
mnoun ITiffll on the 'scrounge {BrE, informal, disapproving) trying to get sth by
persuading sb to give it to
you ifH; ^ scrub /skrAb/ verb, noun
mverb ( bb) 1 ~ sth (down) | ~ (at
sth) to
clean sth by rubbing it hard, perhaps with a brush and usually with soap and
water j£ '{ft; ffi'J '{ft: [VN] I found him in the kitchen,
scrubbing the floor. JE
ffe&JSJ % 0 0
She scrubbed the counters down with bleach. M IRI jCtE a MtXX o M The woman scrubbed at her face with a
tissue. 0 [VN-ADJ] Scrub the
vegetables clean, jf] M ^ 'ift 7‘ if- <, 2
[VN] {informal) to cancel sth that you have arranged to do ljk ( IKfr A
j][ ) GZSEE2
.scrub sth^»‘off | scrub sth off sth to remove sth from the
surface of an object by rubbing it hard with a brush, etc. ( fflfijiJ 7# )$]$£,
j^^: This treatment involves scrubbing off the top layer of dead skin. .scrub sth^'out
to clean the inside of
sth by rubbing it hard with a brush and usually with soap and water (
4 ) .scrub 'up (of a doctor,