[N-COUNT 可数名词]肘 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。
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[VERB 动词]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.
[V n with aside]
[V n prep]
[V way prep/adv]
[Also V]
They also claim that the security team elbowed aside a steward...
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...
史密斯先生一肘撞在我脸上。
Brand elbowed his way to the centre of the group of bystanders.
布兰德挤到看热闹的人群中央。
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[VERB 动词]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.
[V n with aside/out]
[V way prep]
[Also V n prep]
Non-state firms gradually elbow aside the inefficient state-owned ones...
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.
环境问题将挤到议事日程之首。
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elbow★/ˈelbəʊ; NAmEˈelboʊ/
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elbowelbowselbowedelbowingnoun★1★the joint between the upper and lower parts of the arm where it bends in the middle 肘;肘部◆She jabbed him with her elbow.她用胳膊肘捅他。◆He's fractured his elbow.他肘部骨折。2★the part of a piece of clothing that covers the elbow(衣服的)肘部◆The jacket was worn at the elbows.这件夹克衫的肘部磨破了。3a part of a pipe, chimney,etc. where it bends at a sharp angle (管子、烟囱等的)弯处,弯头IDIOMSget the ˈelbow( BrE) ( informal) to be told by sb that they no longer want to have a relationship with you; to be told to go away 被排斥;被甩;被撵走give sb the ˈelbow( BrE) ( informal) to tell sb that you no longer want to have a relationship with them; to tell sb to go away 排斥;甩掉;撵走☞more at
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v.verbelbowsb/sth (+adv./prep.) to push sb with your elbow, usually in order to get past them 用肘推;用肘挤◆She elbowed me out of the way to get to the front of the line.她用肘部把我推开朝队伍前面挤。◆He elbowed his waythrough the crowd. 他从人群中挤了过去。elbow/ˈelbəʊ; NAmEˈelboʊ/
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elbowel‧bow1 /ˈelbəʊ $ -boʊ/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1the joint where your arm bends2the part of a shirt etc that covers your elbow3elbow grease informal hard work and effort, especially when cleaning or polishing something4give somebody the elbow British English informal to tell someone that you no longer like them or want them to work for you and that they should leave5elbow room enough space in which to move easily: There’s more elbow room in the restaurant since they extended it.6a curved part of a pipe → rub elbows with somebody
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elbow1 noun
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to push someone with your elbows, especially in order to move past themelbow your way through/past/into etc something (=move through a group of people by pushing past them) He elbowed his way to the bar and ordered a beer. She pushed through the crowd, elbowing people out of the way.
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