squeeze

英 [skwiːz] 美 [skwiːz]

• v. 挤压；塞进；压榨；设法腾出
• n. 挤压；少量；拥挤；严控；财政困难

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 挤,榨,捏

   press on from the opposite side or from all sides

2. vt. 挤出

   get (water, juice, etc.)out of sth by pressing it hard

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 榨，榨取，挤，挤取
2. 用力挤压，硬塞，硬挤
3. 紧握，紧抱
4. 压榨
5. 压缩，减少
6. 挤着行进
7. 勉强通过，勉强赢得，努力获得，巧取
8. 使负担沉重，使经济拮据
9. 扣压（枪的扳机）

n. 名词

1. 压榨
2. 榨出物，挤出物，少量
3. 拥挤，拥挤的一群
4. 榨，挤压
5. 紧握，紧抱
6. <口>贿赂，不义之财，佣金，回扣
7. 拮据，紧缺，经济困难，【经】银根紧缩
8. 【经】空头轧平，杀空头
9. 加压装置，控制装置
10. 矿层的变薄，变薄的矿层
11. <英>颈
12. <美口>男友，女友
13. <英>丝织品

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act of gripping and pressing firmly;

   "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"
   

2. a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high

3. a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer;

   "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits"
   

4. (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend;

   "she was his main squeeze"
   

5. a twisting squeeze;

   "gave the wet cloth a wring"
   

6. an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power;

   "she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away"
   

7. a tight or amorous embrace;

   "come here and give me a big hug"
   

8. the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space;

   "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"
   

Verb:

1. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;

   "crush an aluminum can"
   "squeeze a lemon"
   

2. press firmly;

   "He squeezed my hand"
   

3. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;

   "I squeezed myself into the corner"
   

4. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :

   "She forced him to take a job in the city"
   "He squeezed her for information"
   

5. obtain by coercion or intimidation;

   "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"
   "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
   

6. press or force;

   "Stuff money into an envelope"
   "She thrust the letter into his hand"
   

7. squeeze tightly between the fingers;

   "He pinched her behind"
   "She squeezed the bottle"
   

8. squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness;

   "Hug me, please"
   "They embraced"
   "He hugged her close to him"
   

9. squeeze or press together;

   "she compressed her lips"
   "the spasm contracted the muscle"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Kara squeezed the bottle, and the water rushed out.
   卡拉挤压着那个瓶子,水一下子喷了出来。
2. It took some ingenuity to squeeze all the furniture into the little room.
   把全部家具都塞进那个小房间是很费了一番心思的。
3. Supermarkets are accused of squeezing both customers and suppliers.
   超市因压榨顾客和供货商而遭到指控。
4. I can squeeze a meeting in early tomorrow morning.
   我可以在明天清早挤出时间开个会。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He gave my hand a gentle squeeze.
   他握着我的手,轻轻捏了捏。
2. The host put a squeeze of lemon in my drink.
   主人往我的饮料中挤了少量柠檬汁。
3. We managed to get all the luggage into the car but it was a tight squeeze.
   我们总算把行李都塞进汽车里了，不过挤得要命。
4. The government is putting the squeeze on business profits.
   政府正在对商业利润采取严格控制。
5. She's just lost her job, so they're really feeling the squeeze.
   她刚失了业，这下他们真正感到艰难了。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I am squeezing an orange.
   我正在榨橙子汁。
2. We squeezed the juice from an orange.
   我们从橙子中挤出汁来。
3. Squeeze the sponge so that all the water comes out.
   捏紧海绵,把水挤出来。
4. He squeezed her hand and turned away.
   他捏了一下她的手,转身走开了。
5. She squeezed her baby.
   她紧抱着她的孩子。
6. The baby's little hand squeezed my finger.
   那孩子的小手抓住了我的手指。
7. Heavy taxes squeezed the people.
   沉重的赋税使人民不堪负担。
8. This only gave them opportunity to squeeze profits.
   这只能为他们提供机会榨取利润。
9. We had to squeeze an answer from him.
   我们必须从他那里取得答案。
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10. A firm is squeezed by high costs and reduced sales.
    公司因成本高昂及销售下降而运转不灵。

用作双宾动词

S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

1. He squeezed her some fresh milk.
   他挤新鲜的牛奶给她喝。

S+～+ n./pron. +for pron./n.

1. She squeezed some orange juice for me.
   她挤点橘子汁给我喝。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. + adj.

1. She is to squeeze a lemon dry.
   她将把柠檬榨干。
2. You can't squeeze the wet coat dry.
   你拧不干湿上衣。

其他

1. You'll find the shop squeezed between 2 big office buildings.
   你能发现挤在两座办公大楼之间的那家商店。

经典引文

• A good squeeze of lemon juice.

  出自：Homes Gardens

• Kattree's shoes squeezed her toes.

  出自： E. Mittelholzer

• Klaxons..with rubber bulbs which, when squeezed, emitted an almost animal sound.

  出自： Y. Menuhin

• Cloths being dipped in the water and squeezed out.

  出自： J. Fuller

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

squeeze in (v.+adv.)

挤进 force sb/sth in
squeeze in
There were already four people in the lift, but he managed to squeeze in.

电梯里已经有四个人,但他还是挤了进去。
Can I squeeze in?

我能挤进去吗?
The car was full but I squeezed in anyway.

汽车已经满人了,但是我还是设法挤了进去。

squeeze into (v.+prep.)

挤入,塞进 force sb/sth into (a small space)
squeeze sb/sth into sth
I can't squeeze another thing into my trunk.

我的衣箱里一样东西也塞不进了。
She tries to squeeze her feet into shoes that are too small.

她想把她的脚挤进过小的鞋里。
They squeezed too many people into the small room.

他们把太多的人塞进这间小房间里。
How can you squeeze so many things into a day?

你怎能把这么多事情挤到同一天做呢?
Two crops of rice have to be squeezed into 220 days which are frost-free.

两熟水稻的生长期须压缩在无霜冻的220天之内。

squeeze out (v.+adv.)

挤出 force sb/sth out of by pressure
squeeze sb/sth ⇔ out
He squeezed the last bit toothpaste out.

他挤出最后一点牙膏。
This machine helps you to squeeze more juice out.

这台机器能挤出更多的水果汁。 squeeze sb/sth out of sb/sth
She squeezed the water out of her swimming-suit.

她把泳衣的水挤出来。
We might be able to squeeze some money out of him.

我们可以从他那里挤些钱。
He squeezed 10 pages out of small subject.

他就一个小论题硬写出十页文章来。
She felt as if every drop of emotion had been squeezed out of her.

她感觉她的感情被榨得一滴不剩了。

squeeze through (v.+prep.)

挤着通过 force through a narrow passage
squeeze through sb/sth
He managed to squeeze through the crowd at last.

他总算费力地挤过人群。
He squeezed through a gap in the hedge.

他从树篱的缺口处挤过去。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• squeeze sb's hand 捏某人的手
• squeeze the mops 拧拖把
• squeeze orange juice 榨橙汁
• squeeze a sponge 挤海绵
• squeeze a tube of toothpaste 挤牙膏

～+副词

• squeeze affectionately 慈爱地捏
• squeeze fraternally 友善地捏
• squeeze passionately 深情地捏
• squeeze tenderly 温柔地捏
• squeeze warmly 热切地捏
• squeeze out 挤走,榨出
• squeeze out the water 拧出水

～+介词

• squeeze from 从…挤出
• squeeze into (使)挤进
• squeeze into a bus 挤进公共汽车
• squeeze into a small room 挤进一间小房间里
• squeeze juice into a glass 把果汁挤进玻璃杯里
• squeeze out of 把…从…挤出
• squeeze out of a bus 挤出公共汽车
• squeeze the juice out of a lemon 榨出柠檬汁
• squeeze some toothpaste out of the tube 从牙膏管里挤出些牙膏
• squeeze through 挤过
• squeeze through a narrow passage 挤过狭窄的通道

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. squeeze的基本意思是“向内收紧某物”,表示“挤”“榨”“捏”,指向两侧或多侧施加压力,以达到压缩、压扁、倒空、粉碎或成型。有时则含表达情感之意,如紧握某人的手。引申可表示“提取”“榨出”“探听出”“勒索”。
2. squeeze可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词作宾语,也可接双宾语,其间接宾语可转化为介词for的宾语。还可接以形容词充当宾语补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。
3. squeeze宾语后接from或out of,表示“从…中榨出…”; 其宾语后接into,表示“把…塞进”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

squeeze, pinch, press

• 这三个动词的共同意思是“挤,压”。其区别在于:
• 1.press指力量来自于上方。例如:
• Press the button, then the machine will work.按下电钮,机器就能运转了。
• Press the button to ring the bell.按那个钮可以打铃。
• 2.pinch指用手指捏、拧或夹。例如:
• The child was crying because somebody had pinched her.那孩子哭了,因为有人掐她。
• He pinched the boy's face playfully.他开玩笑地拧了这男孩的脸。
• 3.squeeze指外在的力量作用于物体上,力量可来自各个方面,可用于比喻。例如:
• Squeeze the sponge so that all the water comes out.捏紧海绵,把水挤出来。
• This only gave them opportunity to squeeze profits.这只能为他们提供机会榨取利润。

press，jam，squeeze，compress，squash

• 这些动词均含“压、挤”之意。
• press普通用词，指一个物体在另一个物体上加压力。
• jam专指四面八方都压紧或塞满。
• squeeze多指从两面或多面施加压力来压紧、压碎或压出水来。
• compress指把某些东西压在一起或使占有较小空间。
• squash指某物受力被压偏或压碎。也指塞挤。

词源解说

• ☆ 1600年左右进入英语，直接源自古英语的cwysan，意为强力挤压。

近反义词

【近义词】

• clasp
• pinch