| 单词 | elbow |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['elbəu] |
| 解释 | n.肘 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 肘, 肘部(outer part of the joint where the arm bends) 【考】 elbow : joint / heart : organ(肘是一种关节/心脏 是一种器官) 【例】 He sat with his elbows on the table. |
| 字源 | elbow (n.) c.1200, elbowe, from Old English elnboga, from ell "length of the forearm" + boga "bow, arch," from West Germanic *alinobogan, from Proto-Germanic *elino-bugon, literally "bend of the forearm" (cognates: Middle Dutch ellenboghe, Dutch elleboog, Old High German elinbogo, German Ellenbogen, Old Norse ölnbogi). Second element related to Old English bugan "to bend" (see bow (v.)); first element from *alina "arm," from PIE *el- (1) "elbow, forearm" (see ell (n.1)). Phrase elbow grease "hard rubbing" is attested from 1670s, from jocular sense of "the best substance for polishing furniture." Elbow room attested from mid-16c. elbow (v.) "thrust with the elbow," c.1600, from elbow (n.). Figurative sense is from 1863. Related: Elbowed; elbowing. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 肘; 河流或道路的急拐弯处 【记】el旧时量布的长度, 大约是小臂的长度; bow(n 弓形)读: 埃尔伯(拜仁球星)是拜仁的左膀右臂－肘关节 【类】elbow: joint = heart: organ 肘是关节 = 心脏是器官 |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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