elbow

['elbəu]

n.手肘, 扶手,急弯
v.用手肘推开, 推挤

n.[C]

1. 肘; (衣服的)肘部

2. 肘状物; (路, 河等的)急弯; 弯头; 弯管

3. (椅子等的)扶手

vt.

用肘推, 挤进[O]

He elbowed his way over to where we stood.

他向我们站的地方挤了过来。

vi.

用肘挤着前进[Q]

词形变化

动词过去式: elbowed | 动词过去分词: elbowed | 动词现在分词: elbowing | 动词第三人称单数: elbows |

词义辨析

同义:

n.肘

bend  right angle

v.用肘推

jostle  hustle  push  shove  shoulder  bump  bulldoze  

英英释义

名词 elbow:

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

同义词：elbow joint, human elbow, cubitus, cubital joint, articulatio cubiti

a sharp bend in a road or river

a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it

the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint

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

动词 elbow:

push one's way with the elbows

shove one's elbow into another person's ribs

短语词组

at one's/sb.'s elbow

1. 在(某人)手边

She stayed up all night writing the paper with a pot of coffee at her elbow.

她熬了一整夜写论文, 身边放着一壶咖啡。

up to the/one's elbows

1. 非常忙; 深深卷入

She was up to her elbows in preparing dinner when the doorbell rang.

门铃响时她正在为准备晚饭忙得不可开交。

补充

elbowelbow英:[ˈelbəu] 美:[ˈɛlˌbo]vt. & vi.1.用肘推, 用肘挤He elbowed right and left in the crowd.他在人群中左冲右撞。He elbowed me out of the way.他把我挤开了。n.1.肘, (衣服的)肘部Don't lay your elbows on the desk.不要将两肘放在书桌上。

例句

1. His jacket had worn through at the elbows.他的上衣肘部已经磨破了。 2. He was examining last night's accounts, a glass of champagne at his elbow.他正在检查昨晚的账目, 手边放着一杯香槟。 3. He gave her the elbow after only two weeks of going out together.刚刚交往了两个星期后, 他就和她分手了。 4. The young woman was up to her elbows in flour.这个年轻女子正忙着磨面。 5. Only 200 quid a week to spend your days up to your elbows in dirty nappies!天天累死累活地洗脏尿布, 一周才挣200英镑！ 6. The boys were up to their elbows in trouble.男孩子们遇上了麻烦。 7. If one of my players elbowed someone, I'd do something about it.如果我的选手用肘击人了, 我会作出处理的。 8. He blatantly elbowed Harding in the eye.他明目张胆地肘击哈丁的眼部。 9. Her burly boyfriend elbowed him into the gutter.她那个强壮的男友把他推到了排水沟里。 10. Brand elbowed his way to the centre of the group.布兰德挤到了那群人的中央。 11. I tried to stop her, but she elbowed me out of the way.我企图拦阻她，但她用肘把我搡开。 12. Jack elbowed his way through the crowd.杰克挤过人群。 13. Mary elbowed through the crowd.玛丽从人群中推推搡搡地挤过去。 14. The passage elbowed and they were in a great hall.沿着那条通道蜿蜒而行，他们来到了一个大厅。 15. she propped herself up on one elbow.她用一只胳膊肘撑着身子。 16. one player had elbowed another in the face.一个球员用肘部击中了另一球员的脸部。 17. people elbowed past each other to the door.人们互相挤着来到门口。 18. furiously, he elbowed his way through the crush.他疯狂地从拥挤的人群中挤出来。 19. the issues which concerned them tended to be elbowed aside by men.有关他们的问题往往被弃之不顾。 20. I tried to get her to give him the elbow.我试图让她抛开他。 21. she decided to give tradition the elbow.她决定抛开传统。 22. I was up to my elbows in the cheese-potato mixture.我的手深陷在奶酪土豆泥里。 23. She elbowed me out of the way.她用肘把我推开。 24. He wore a tattered coat with holes in the elbows.他穿了件肘部有洞的破外套。 25. elbow macaroni肘形通心粉 26. His assistant is always at his elbow.他的助手一直在他身边。 27. The drink at her elbow was untouched.她旁边的饮料没有动过。 28. She gave her boyfriend the elbow after he lied to her.男友对她撒谎后，她把他甩了。 29. The actor's bodyguards rudely elbowed everyone out of the way.演员的保镖粗鲁地用肘把大家推到一旁。 30. I quietly elbowed [=nudged] my friend to get his attention.我轻轻用肘碰了一下我的朋友以引起他的注意。 31. Some of the older workers are being elbowed [=pushed] aside as the company tries to attract young employees.由于公司想要年轻人，一些老员工受到排挤。 32. Everyone was shoving and elbowing to get a good position.为占一个好位置大家你推我挤。 33. He elbowed his way through the crowd to get closer to the stage.他挤过人群，走近舞台。