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Squeeze Influence Sense Attested 2909.Squeeze 英 Skwiːz]美 Skwiz

正面 2909.squeeze
英 [skwiːz]美 [skwiz]

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释义:
vt. 挤;紧握;勒索vi. 压榨n. 压榨;紧握;拥挤;佣金
例句:
1. The Government's financial squeeze had killed the scheme off.政府的财政困难已使这个计划成为泡影。

1. squash => squeeze.
squeeze 挤,压,捏,拧,塞,勒索,逼迫来自拟声词根 squ-,挤,压,模仿挤压湿物体时发出的吧唧声。引申诸相关词义。
squeeze (v.)c. 1600, "press forcibly" (transitive), probably an alteration of quease (c. 1550), from Old English cwysan "to squeeze," of unknown origin, perhaps imitative (compare German quetschen "to squeeze"). Perhaps altered by influence of many words of similar sense in squ-. Intransitive sense from 1680s. Baseball squeeze play first recorded 1905. The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue has squeeze-crab "A sour-looking, shrivelled, diminutive fellow."squeeze (n.)1610s, "act of squeezing," from squeeze (v.). Main squeeze "most important person" is attested from 1896; meaning "one's sweetheart, lover" is attested by 1980. Slang expression to put the squeeze on (someone or something) "exert influence on" is from 1711."

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