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Nudge Nudged Verb 例:The Nudging Push Gently Sex

单词 nudge
音标
英[nʌdʒ] 美[nʌdʒ]
解释
n.用肘轻推;推动;vt.(用肘)轻推;推进;
例句

VERB
(通常指用肘)轻推,轻碰(以引起注意)
If you nudge someone, you push them gently, usually with your elbow, in order to draw their attention to something.
例:I nudged Stan and pointed again...我轻轻推了推斯坦,又指了一下。
例:'Stop it,' he said, and nudged the boy lightly with his knee.“别这么干了,”他用膝盖轻轻碰了碰那个男孩说道。

VERB
轻轻地推动(或推向)
If you nudge someone or something into a place or position, you gently push them there.
例:Edna Swinson nudged him into the sitting room...埃德娜·斯温森把他推进了起居室。
例:The civil servant nudged him forward.那个文职人员向前推了他一把。

VERB
劝说;鼓动
If you nudge someone into doing something, you gently persuade them to do it.
例:Bit by bit Bob had nudged Fritz into selling his controlling interest...鲍勃一步一步劝说弗里茨卖掉了他的控股权益。
例:Foreigners must use their power to nudge the country towards greater tolerance...外国人必须动用他们的力量促使这个国家变得更加宽容。

VERB
几乎达到;接近
If someone or something is nudging a particular amount, level, or state, they have almost reached it.
例:...a little-known stage play writer and actress who was nudging 40 and going nowhere...一个年近四旬、一事无成、寂寂无闻的舞台剧作者兼演员
例:The temperature when we were there was nudging 80 degree F.我们在的时候,那里温度接近80华氏度。

PHRASE
性关系;(尤指)性丑闻
If you refer to a nudge and a wink or to nudge-nudge wink-wink, you mean that someone is referring to sex, especially immoral sex, in an indirect way.
例:The article then listed a series of nudge-nudge, wink-wink rumors that have appeared in newspapers over the last two years.文章接下来列举了过去两年间报纸上出现过的一连串性丑闻传言。
变形
third:nudges~done:nudged~ing:nudging~past:nudged~

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