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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] 肘

    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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