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/skwiːz/ |
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1 | I/T to press something firmly, especially with your hands (尤指用手)挤,压,捏 |
| Ruth smiled, squeezing his hand affectionately. 露丝笑了,充满爱意地捏了捏他的手。 |
| I took a firm grip and squeezed tightly, but nothing happened. 我紧紧抓住,用力挤,但什么事也没发生。 |
| 1a | T to press something such as a liquid out of something 挤出,榨出(液体等) | | She squeezed some cream onto her hands. 她把一些乳霜挤到手上。 | | freshly-squeezed orange juice 新榨出的橙汁 | |
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2 | T if you squeeze your eyes shut , you close them tightly 紧闭(双眼) |
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3 | I to get through or into a small space 挤进;挤入;挤过 |
| He had squeezed through a hole in the fence. 他从篱笆上的洞挤了过去。 |
| Passengers were trying to squeeze onto the bus. 乘客们正试图往公共汽车上挤。 |
| 3a | T to fit or move something into a small space 硬塞;塞进 | | We can only squeeze one more thing into the bag. 我们往这个包里只能再塞一件东西了。 | | The letters were squeezed together so you could hardly read them. 字母挤在一块儿,所以很难看清写的是什么。 | |
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4 | T to make someone have financial trouble , for example by raising prices, cutting a supply of money , or increasing competition 使负担沉重;使经济拮据 |
| Supermarkets are accused of squeezing both customers and suppliers. 超市被指控挤压顾客和供应商。 |
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- | ˌsqueeze ˈin |
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| to be able to do something , even though you do not have much time 挤出时间(做某事) | I can squeeze a meeting in early tomorrow morning. 我明天上午早些时候能挤出时间开个会。 | | Nevin squeezed in a third goal just before the end of the game. 奈文在比赛的最后时刻攻入了第3个球。 | |
- | ˌsqueeze ˈout |
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1 | if one business or part of a system squeezes out another , the first one becomes so important or successful that the other cannot succeed or continue to exist 把…挤走 | The company tried hard to squeeze out competitors and raise prices. 该公司极力把竞争者挤走,抬高价格。 | | Music instruction is slowly being squeezed out of the curriculum. 音乐课慢慢地被挤出了课程设置。 | |
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2 | squeeze sth out of sb: to make someone tell you something even though they do not want to 强迫(某人)说出 | They made one final attempt to squeeze concessions out of us. 他们作最后一次努力迫使我们作出让步。 | |
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