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1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]肩;肩膀;肩胛 Your shoulders are between your neck and the tops of your arms. She led him to an armchair, with her arm round his shoulder... 她揽着他的肩膀,将他领到一把扶手椅旁。 He glanced over his shoulder and saw me watching him. 他扭头瞥了一眼,看见我正看他。
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](衣服的)肩部 The shoulders of a piece of clothing are the parts that cover your shoulders. 3 [N-PLURAL 复数名词](问题、责任等)由…承担,落在…肩上 When you talk about someone's problems or responsibilities, you can say that they carry them on their shoulders . 4 [VERB 动词]承担;担负;肩负 If you shoulder the responsibility or the blame for something, you accept it. 5 [VERB 动词]背;扛;挑;担 If you shoulder something heavy, you put it across one of your shoulders so that you can carry it more easily. The rest of the group shouldered their bags, gritted their teeth and set off... 那群人中其余的人扛起包,咬着牙出发了。 He shouldered his bike and walked across the finish line. 他扛着自行车走过了终点线。
6 [VERB 动词]用肩推(或挤) If you shoulder someone aside or if you shoulder your way somewhere, you push past people roughly using your shoulder. [V n with aside] [V way prep/adv] [V past/through n] The policemen rushed past him, shouldering him aside... 警察从他身边匆匆而过,把他挤到一边。 She could do nothing to stop him as he shouldered his way into the house... 他使劲往屋子里挤,她根本没法儿阻止他。 He shouldered past Harlech and opened the door. 他从哈莱克身边挤过去,打开了门。
7 [N-VAR 可变名词](动物的)前腿连肩肉,前胛肉 A shoulder is a joint of meat from the upper part of the front leg of an animal. ...shoulder of lamb. 小羊的前腿连肩肉
8 See also:cold-shoulder ; hard shoulder ; 9 [PHRASE 短语]倾诉的对象 If someone offers you a shoulder to cry on or is a shoulder to cry on, they listen sympathetically as you talk about your troubles. 10 [PHRASE 短语]远胜过;大大超越 If you say that someone or something stands head and shoulders above other people or things, you mean that they are a lot better than them. The two candidates stood head and shoulders above the rest... 这两名候选人从所有人中脱颖而出。 I am very impressed by your magazine. It is head and shoulders above any other. 我对你们的杂志印象非常深刻。感觉比其他杂志好多了。
11 [PHRASE 短语]惴惴不安;小心翼翼;小心提防 If you say that someone is looking over their shoulder, you mean that they feel anxious all the time about what someone may do to them. When a company keeps making people redundant, those who are left behind might start looking over their shoulder. 当一家公司不停地裁员时,那些留下来的员工也会开始惴惴不安了。
12 [PHRASE 短语]并肩;肩并肩 If two or more people stand shoulder to shoulder, they are standing next to each other, with their shoulders touching. They fell into step, walking shoulder to shoulder with their heads bent against the rain... 他们开始迈着一致的步伐并肩而行,低着头躲避雨水。 We went on board and saw these people packed shoulder to shoulder on the decks. 我们上了船,看见这些人在甲板上肩挨着肩挤在一起。
13 [PHRASE 短语]同心协力地 If people work or stand shoulder to shoulder, they work together in order to achieve something, or support each other. 14 a chip on one's shoulder→see: chip ; to rub shoulders with →see: rub ; |