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Elbow People Arm Verb Elbowed 英[ˈelbəʊ 美[ˈelboʊ N.肘部;弯头,扶手;肘形管,弯管;Vt.用肘推挤(另一人或另一些人);用手肘推开;Vi.用肘推搡着前进;在拐角处转弯

单词 elbow
音标
英[ˈelbəʊ] 美[ˈelboʊ]
解释
n.肘部;弯头,扶手;肘形管,弯管;vt.用肘推挤(另一人或另一些人);用手肘推开;vi.用肘推搡着前进;在拐角处转弯;
例句

N-COUNT
Your elbow is the part of your arm where the upper and lower halves of the arm are joined.
例:He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow.他滑倒了,一只胳膊肘严重擦伤。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例:Mr Smith elbowed me in the face...史密斯先生一肘撞在我脸上。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
third:elbows~done:elbowed~pl:elbows~ing:elbowing~past:elbowed~

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