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螺丝

screw

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

luo2si1 • luósī

Meaning

Primary

screw

Mnemonic

A 螺丝 screw is a fastener with a metal thread as thin as 丝 silk that goes around it which makes it look like a sort of metal 螺 spiral shell.

Usage

这 台 机器 缺少 一 颗 螺丝。

This machine is missing a screw.

这 颗 螺丝 掉 了。

This screw fell off.

哎哟！ 我 踩 到 了 一 颗 螺丝！

Ow! I stepped on a screw!