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单词 elbow
释义
elbow
elboʊ ˈɛlˌboʊ
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense elbows, present participle elbowing, past tense , past participle elbowed
1 N-COUNT Your elbow is the part of your arm where the upper and lower halves of the arm are joined.
  • He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow.

    他滑倒了,一只胳膊肘严重擦伤。

SYN joint, turn, corner, bend
2 VERB 用肘推挤 If you elbow people aside or elbow your way somewhere, you push people with your elbows in order to move somewhere. 用肘推挤 [Also VERB]
  • They also claim that the security team elbowed aside a steward. [V n with aside]

    他们还声称保安人员将一位乘务员推搡至一边。

  • Mr Smith elbowed me in the face. [VERB noun prep.]

    史密斯先生一肘撞在我脸上。

  • Brand elbowed his way to the centre of the group of bystanders. [VERB noun prep./adv.]

    布兰德挤到看热闹的人群中央。

3 VERB 跻身;挤掉;排挤 If someone or something elbows their way somewhere, or elbows other people or things out of the way, they achieve success by being aggressive and determined. 跻身;挤掉;排挤 [Also V n prep, V n]
  • Non-state firms gradually elbow aside the inefficient state-owned ones. [V n with aside/out]

    非国有企业逐渐挤掉了效率低下的国有企业。

  • Environmental concerns will elbow their way right to the top of the agenda. [VERB noun prep.]

    环境问题将挤到议事日程之首。

4 to rub elbows with→see: rub 
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