elbow

英 ['elbəʊ] 美 ['elboʊ]

• n. 手肘；扶手；急弯
• v. 用手肘推开；推挤

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]肘; (衣服的)肘部

   joint where the arm bends; part of the sleeve of a coat, jacket, etc.

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 用肘推〔挤〕

   push with the elbow

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 弯头，弯管
2. 肘，肘部
3. 急弯
4. 扶手
5. 肘状物
6. 曲折
7. 【建】肘形管，肘管
8. 镜腿
9. 弯管接头
10. 机械手抓手
11. 弯处
12. （被）排斥，（被）甩，（被）撵走

v. 动词

1. 用肘挤着前进，挤进，跻身进来，（粗鲁地）挤过去
2. 用肘推，用手肘推开，推挤
3. 讨价还价
4. 用胳膊肘把人挤到一边
5. 变成肘状
6. 形成角
7. 转弯

英英释义

Noun:

1. hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped

2. a sharp bend in a road or river

3. a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it

4. the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint;

   "his coat had patches over the elbows"
   

5. the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow

Verb:

1. push one's way with the elbows

2. shove one's elbow into another person's ribs

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He barked his elbow on the wall.
   他碰到墙上，肘部擦破了皮。
2. You jogged my elbow and spoiled what I was drawing.
   你撞到了我的手肘，弄坏了我正在画的图画。

用作动词 (v.)

1. He tried to elbow me off the line in the lunchroom.
   他想用肘把我挤出餐厅的候餐行列。
2. He elbowed his way through the crowd.
   他在人群中挤出一条路。
3. It is impolite to elbow your way through the crowd
   从人群中挤过去是不礼貌的。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Don't lay your elbows on the desk.
   不要将两肘放在书桌上。
2. There is a hole on the elbow of my shirt.
   我衬衫的肘部有个洞。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He elbowed right and left in the crowd.
   他在人群中左冲右撞。
2. The lane elbows to the left.
   小巷向左转弯。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He elbowed me to one side when I stood in the doorway.
   我站在门口时,他用肘把我推向一边。
2. He elbowed me out of the way.
   他把我挤开了。
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3. He was elbowed by them.
   他被他们所排挤。

经典引文

• Passengers protested at the shoving...A woman complained about getting elbowed.

  出自： R. Coover

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

elbow aside (v.+adv.)

把…挤到一边 push aside
elbow sb/sth ⇔ aside
He elbowed the woman aside.

他把那位妇女挤到一边。
The rude man elbowed me aside and got on the bus ahead of me.

那个粗鲁的家伙用胳膊肘把我挤到一旁,抢着在我前面上了公共汽车。
When jobs are scarce, young people entering the work force tend to be elbowed aside in favour of experienced workers with more to offer companies.

工作紧缺时,加入劳动大军的年轻人常会被挤掉,让位于能为公司多做贡献的有经验的人。

elbow forward (v.+adv.)

挤向前 push forward
elbow one's way forward
It's not fair, he got to the front by elbow-ing his way forward.

真不像话,他从人群中硬挤到前面来。

elbow off (v.+prep.)

挤出 push to go out
elbow sb/sth off sth
Don't elbow me off the sideway.

别把我从小路上挤出去。

elbow through (v.+prep.)

挤过 push through
elbow one's way through sb
I elbowed my way through the crowd to the front of the hall.

我用肘挤着穿过人群,来到大厅的前部。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• give sb the elbow 排挤某人
• lean an elbow on the table 将一只胳膊放在桌上
• touch elbows with 与…交往

介词+～

• at one's elbow 在某人旁边
• out at elbows 衣衫褴褛的

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• elbow right and left 左冲右撞
• elbow sb aside 把某人挤到一边
• elbow forward 挤向前

～+介词

• elbow one's way into 挤入
• elbow off 挤出
• elbow through 挤过

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. elbow用作名词时意思是“肘”,转化为动词意为“(用肘)推,(用肘)挤”。引申可表示“排挤”。
2. elbow用作及物动词时,其宾语可为人,也可为one's way,后者意为“用肘或仿佛用肘排开打出一条通道”; 用作不及物动词时意为“用肘推搡着前进”,引申可指“转弯”。
3. elbow常和副词aside,介词off, through等连用表示运动方向。

近反义词

【近义词】

• jostle 推
• bump 碰撞
• push 推
• shove 推挤
• dig 挖
• nudge 轻推
• poke 戳
• prod 刺针
• hustle 催促
• shoulder 肩膀
• bend 弯曲
• bulldoze （用推土机）推平某物...
• right angle 直角
• right 正确的
• angle 角度
• cubitus [解]前臂
• elbow joint 肘关节
• articulatio cubiti 肘关节