英语词汇screwed的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	screwed
词源	screwed adj. 1640s, "strained or forced to the highest pitch" (a sense now obsolete;" past-participle adjective from screw (v.) By 1690s, of the face, eyes, etc., "twisted, contracted;" by 1770 as "attached or fastened with screws;" slang sense of "drunk, intoxicated" is by 1833. The verbal phrase screwed up earlier meant "tuned to a high or precise pitch" (1907), a figurative image from the pegs of stringed instruments; the meaning "confused, muddled" is attested by 1943. Entries linking to screwed screw v. 1590s, transitive, "twist (something) like a screw, turn or cause to turn by the sort of pressure that advances a screw," " from screw (n.). From 1610s as "to attach or tighten with a screw." Meaning "defraud, cheat" is from 1900; earlier it was "press hard upon, oppress" (1620s). Related: Screwed; screwing. The slang meaning "to copulate" dates from at least 1725, originally usually of the action of the male, on the notion of driving a screw into something; screw is recorded by 1949 in exclamations as a euphemism. To screw up "to blunder" is recorded from 1942, earlier it was "to raise (rent or payment) exorbitantly" (1630s). The U.S. slang noun screw-up "a blunder, a mess" is by 1960, from the verbal phrase. Expression to have (one's) head screwed on the right (or wrong) way is from 1821. Screw your courage to the sticking place is Lady Macbeth. updated on March 02, 2022
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