| 单词 | elbow |
| 释义 | elbowHuman, Clothes el·bow1 /ˈelbəʊ $ -boʊ/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1. HBHthe joint where your arm bends 肘 2. DCCthe part of a shirt etc that covers your elbow 〔衬衫等的〕肘部 3. elbow grease informalWORK HARD hard work and effort, especially when cleaning or polishing something 费力的工作〔尤指擦洗等累活〕 Examples from the Corpus elbow grease• Pioneering vision is required, and elbow grease!• Cleaning Thanks to the availability of steam, cleaning is now a simple task, taking very little effort and no elbow grease.• Hopefully, this knowledge will save many householders a great deal of elbow grease!• It certainly saved a lot of elbow grease.• I give the pink botty a thorough good scrub, putting in plenty of elbow grease.• You'll need to use some elbow grease to get that floor clean. 4. give somebody the elbow British EnglishBrE informalLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONLEAVE A PLACE to tell someone that you no longer like them or want them to work for you and that they should leave 撵走，甩掉〔某人〕 Examples from the Corpus give somebody the elbow• The girl must have given him the elbow, Harriet decided.• I won't have anything more to do with you lot till you give him the elbow. 5 elbow room enough space in which to move easily 足够的活动空间 There’s more elbow room in the restaurant since they extended it. 餐馆扩建后宽敞多了。 Examples from the Corpus elbow room• Give each elbow room to display its fronds.• There was enough elbow room in this gargantuan aquarium for all kinds of surprises to emerge.• They stood in the crowd, fighting for elbow room.• Oh come, you must leave even me a little elbow room in which to breathe.• In October the museums and art galleries are less crowded, and there's more elbow room in restaurants.• Let's sit in a booth. There's more elbow room there.• The little clearing was shielded from the street by the laurels, and afforded him plenty of elbow room.• It can change the climate enough to give people elbow room to do the right things.• Packed three or four to a closet-sized room, students can come to envy the elbow room afforded sardines and cosmonauts.• Mr. Illsley Where would Nottinghamshire county council find the elbow room to which the hon. Gentleman referred?• The belt provides vast material resources, vast amounts of solar power, and vast elbow room. 6. TBa curved part of a pipe 〔管子的〕肘状弯 → rub elbows with somebody at rub1(5)Examples from the Corpus elbow• His shot had struck the shoulder joint, and... came out between the shoulder and elbow.• Apply once or twice a week, especially to backs of arms and thighs, your feet, elbows and knees.• Polly said, materializing at my elbow.• The group has a single tendon insertion below the elbow into the forearm.• Lying as shown, raise the elbows, head and shoulders, bringing your chin as close to your chest as possible.• Most of the Acutes in the dorm. are up on their elbows, blinking and listening. elbow2 verb [transitiveT] PUSHto push someone with your elbows, especially in order to move past them 用肘挤开〔某人〕 elbow your way through/past/into etc something (=move through a group of people by pushing past them) 挤过/挤入〔人群〕等 He elbowed his way to the bar and ordered a beer. 他挤到吧台前要了一杯啤酒。 She pushed through the crowd, elbowing people out of the way. 她用手肘把人们推开，从人群中挤了出来。 Examples from the Corpus elbow• She elbowed her way through the crowd.• One of the yellow-jacketed policemen elbowed his way to Lawrence's window.• Greene had to leave the game after being elbowed in the face.• I elbowed Karen unceremoniously aside and grabbed the paddle.• Craig elbowed me aside roughly.• Elbowing me to one side, he took hold of the microphone.• She laughed often; a great sudden masculine sound, jerking her arms as if elbowing the air out of the way.• He picked up Dougal's empty glass and elbowed through the crowd at the bar. elbow your way through/past/into etc something• Charlie and I elbowed our way through the crowd.• Furiously he elbowed his way through the crush, his men behind him.• I elbowed my way through the nosey parkers gossiping in the yard and ran home to tell Dad my good news.• On Earth, life elbows its way into solid, liquid, gas.• People were boarding and I elbowed my way into line.• Rex put on his sunglasses and elbowed his way into the crowd to gawp along with the rest.• She moved down to the kerbside, smiling graciously as she elbowed her way through the crowd. Old English elboga |
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