新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

elbow

英  [ˈelbəʊ]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • elbows

    1[C 可数名词]

    Your elbow is the part of your arm where the upper and lower halves are joined.

    双语例句

    例:

    He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow.

    他滑倒了,严重挫伤了一只胳膊肘。

    VERB. 动词
  • elbows , elbowing , elbowed

    1[T 及物动词] (用肘部)推

    If you elbow people aside or elbow your way somewhere, you push people with your elbows in order to move somewhere.

    近义词

    jostle

    双语例句

    例:

    They also claim that the security team elbowed aside a steward.

    他们还声称治安队把一名乘务员推到了一边。

    2[T 及物动词] (用肘部)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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Non-state firms gradually elbow aside the inefficient state-owned ones.

    非国有企业逐渐排挤掉了那些低效率的国有企业。

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