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1- prod (someone) gently with one's elbow in order to draw their attention to something用肘轻触（某人以引起注意）：
people were nudging each other and pointing at me.
人们用肘互相触碰对方, 并对我指指点点。
1.1
- touch or push (something) gently or gradually轻轻触碰, 轻推; 轻撞：
the canoe nudged a bank of reeds.
独木舟轻轻撞在长满芦苇的岸上。
1.2
- figurative coax or gently encourage (someone) to do something〈喻〉劝诱; 和婉地鼓励; 敦促（某人做某事）：
we have to nudge the politicians in the right direction.
我们必须敦促从政者按正确方针办事。
1.3
- approach (an age, figure, or level) very closely非常接近（某个年龄, 数目或水平）：
both men were nudging fifty.
两个男人都年近50。
- a light touch or push轻触; 轻推; 推动; 触发; 激起：
figurative 〈喻〉she appreciated the nudge to her memory.
她非常感激对她回忆的点拨。
短语
nudge nudge (wink wink)
- used to draw attention to a sexual innuendo in the previous statement那个事情（用于引起对前述内容中关于性行为暗示的注意）：
haven't seen much of the beach-we've been catching up on our sleep (nudge nudge).
（我们）没怎么看海滩——我们一直在补充睡眠（那个事情）。
ORIGIN: a catchphrase from Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy programme.
派生词
nudger
noun词源
late 17th cent. (as a verb)： of unknown origin; compare Norwegian dialect nugga, nyggja 'to push， rub'.