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单词 screw hook
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screw hookn.

Brit. /ˈskruː hʊk/, U.S. /ˈskru ˌhʊk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: screw n.1, hook n.1
Etymology: < screw n.1 + hook n.1
1. A boat hook with a screw. Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > boat-hook
boat hook1485
bead-hook1600
hitcher1630
screw hook1688
grabbit hook1936
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 87/1 Two screw hookes (or Boate hookes with screws).
2. A hook with a threaded shank which may be screwed into woodwork, etc.
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1773 T. Elfe Acct. Bk. in South Carolina Hist. & Geneal. Mag. 37 (1936) 119 12 Screw hooks.
1852 London Jrnl. 41 169 A screw-hook or share-rod is employed for holding the share upon the lever.
1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 62 The sheet is fitted in various ways—viz., sometimes with clip-hook, or a common hook and mousing, or a screw-hook.
1927 L. M. Roehl Househ. Carpentry 65 The screw hooks of the porch swing chain set are used to fasten the chains to the porch ceiling.
1971 News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Mich.) 17 May 7/4 Use plastic shower hooks for hangers for pot-holder hooks. They..allow pot holder to be hung easily from screw-hook.
2015 Irish Independent (Nexis) 22 Oct. 4 Their pasta machine comes with..a screw hook to attach it to a table or worksurface.
3. An instrument with two S-shaped prongs for removing foreign bodies from the ear or nostril. Obsolete.
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1870 Med. Rec. 1 Feb. 552/1 The operation of the screw hook is very simple... The foreign body can be easily extracted with it.
1883 J. P. Cassells tr. A. Politzer Text-bk. Dis. Ear 630 Instruments like cork-screws..are of little use... For many cases, however, Elsberg's screw hook is recommended.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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