新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

squeeze

英  [skwiːz]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • squeezes

    1[C 可数名词] 紧捏 , 挤压

    A squeeze is the act of pressing something firmly, usually with your hands.

    双语例句

    例:

    I liked her way of reassuring you with a squeeze of the hand.

    我喜欢她用力紧捏一下所握的手以示安慰的方式。

    2[SING 单数型名词] 满塞

    If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squeeze, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it.

    近义词

    squash

    双语例句

    例:

    It was a squeeze in the car with five of them.

    他们5个人把这小车塞得满满当当。

    VERB. 动词
  • squeezes , squeezing , squeezed

    1[T 及物动词] (常指用手)挤压 , 紧捏

    If you squeeze something, you press it firmly, usually with your hands.

    双语例句

    例:

    He squeezed her arm reassuringly.

    他安抚地捏了捏她的手臂。

    2[T 及物动词] 挤 , 压榨(液体等)

    If you squeeze a liquid or a soft substance out of an object, you get the liquid or substance out by pressing the object.

    双语例句

    例:

    Joe put the plug in the sink and squeezed some washing-up liquid over the dishes.

    乔用塞子塞住水槽,往盘子上挤了些洗洁精。

    3[I 不及物动词] 塞进 , 挤进

    If you squeeze a person or thing somewhere or if they squeeze there, they manage to get through or into a small space.

    双语例句

    例:

    They lowered him gradually into the cockpit. Somehow they squeezed him in the tight space, and strapped him in.

    他们缓缓地把他向下放入驾驶舱,设法把他塞进那狭小的空间,并给他系上了安全带。

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