新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

shoulder

英  [ˈʃəʊldə]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • shoulders

    1[C 可数名词]

    Your shoulders are between your neck and the tops of your arms.

    双语例句

    例:

    She led him to an armchair, with her arm round his shoulder.

    她把他领到扶手椅上,搂住了他的肩膀。

    2[PL 复数] 承担

    When you talk about someone's problems or responsibilities, you can say that they carry them on their shoulders.

    双语例句

    例:

    No one suspected the anguish he carried on his shoulders.

    没有人怀疑他所承受的痛苦。

    3[C, U 有变体名词] 前腿肉

    A shoulder is a cut of meat from the upper part of the front leg of an animal.

    双语例句

    例:

    shoulder of lamb.

    羊的前腿肉。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • a shoulder to cry on

    1倾诉者

    If someone offers you a shoulder to cry on or is a shoulder to cry on, they listen sympathetically as you talk about your troubles.

    双语例句

    例:

    Mrs Barrantes longs to be at her daughter's side to offer her a shoulder to cry on.

    巴兰茨夫人希望能在女儿身边听她的倾诉。

  • head and shoulders

    1远远(胜过)

    If you say that someone or something stands head and shoulders above other people or things, you mean that they are a lot better than them.

    双语例句

    例:

    The two candidates stood head and shoulders above the rest.

    这两名候选人远远胜过其他人。

  • shoulder to shoulder

    1肩并肩地

    If two or more people stand shoulder to shoulder, they are next to each other, with their shoulders touching.

    双语例句

    例:

    They fell into step, walking shoulder to shoulder with their heads bent against the rain.

    他们步伐一致,肩并肩低着头冒雨走着。

    2同心协力地

    If people work or stand shoulder to shoulder, they work together in order to achieve something, or support each other.

    双语例句

    例:

    They could fight shoulder to shoulder against a common enemy.

    他们能同心协力地抗击一个共同的敌人。

    VERB. 动词
  • shoulders , shouldering , shouldered

    1[T 及物动词] 肩负

    If you shoulder the responsibility or the blame for something, you accept it.

    近义词

    accept

    双语例句

    例:

    He has had to shoulder the responsibility of his father's mistakes.

    他得为他父亲的过错承担责任。

    2[I 不及物动词] 用肩推 , 用肩挤着走

    If you shoulder someone aside or if you shoulder your way somewhere, you push past people roughly using your shoulder.

    双语例句

    例:

    The policemen rushed past him, shouldering him aside.

    警察从他身边匆匆走过,把他挤到了一边。

    例:

    She could do nothing to stop him as he shouldered his way into the house.

    他使劲往屋子里挤,她根本就阻止不了他。