nudge
n. 用肘轻推; 推动
vt. (用肘)轻推; 推进
If you nudge someone, you push them gently, usually with your elbow, in order to draw their attention to something.
I nudged Stan and pointed again...
我轻轻推了推斯坦,又指了一下。
'Stop it,' he said, and nudged the boy lightly with his knee.
“别这么干了,”他用膝盖轻轻碰了碰那个男孩说道。
If you nudge someone or something into a place or position, you gently push them there.
Edna Swinson nudged him into the sitting room...
埃德娜·斯温森把他推进了起居室。
The civil servant nudged him forward.
那个文职人员向前推了他一把。
If you nudge someone into doing something, you gently persuade them to do it.
Bit by bit Bob had nudged Fritz into selling his controlling interest...
鲍勃一步一步劝说弗里茨卖掉了他的控股权益。
Foreigners must use their power to nudge the country towards greater tolerance...
外国人必须动用他们的力量促使这个国家变得更加宽容。
If someone or something is nudging a particular amount, level, or state, they have almost reached it.
...a little-known stage play writer and actress who was nudging 40 and going nowhere...
一个年近四旬、一事无成、寂寂无闻的舞台剧作者兼演员
The temperature when we were there was nudging 80 degree F.
我们在的时候,那里温度接近80华氏度。
If you refer to a nudge and a wink or to nudge-nudge wink-wink, you mean that someone is referring to sex, especially immoral sex, in an indirect way.
The article then listed a series of nudge-nudge, wink-wink rumors that have appeared in newspapers over the last two years.
文章接下来列举了过去两年间报纸上出现过的一连串性丑闻传言。
1. a slight push or shake
1. to push against gently;
2. push into action by pestering or annoying gently
nudge nudge (wink wink)
那个事情(用于引起对前述内容中关于性行为暗示的注意)
I gave him a nudge and he understood at once.
我用肘轻轻推了他一下,他马上就明白了.
We tried to nudge them towards a practical solution.
我们试图促使他们达成一个可行的解决办法.
A vertical or horizontal bar containing a scroll thumb and nudge buttons.
一个纵向或横向的包含了卷轴和按钮的条状控件.
Now It'seems that starbursts can . in their turn , nudge the galaxies they occur in.
目前一般认为,星群爆发能够 反过来 对所在星系产生作用.
They've been spending a lot of time together, nudge nudge , wink wink.
他们老混在一起, 眉来眼去, 卿卿我我的.