elbow
n. 肘(部); 彎處
v. 用肘推擠; 擠掉
Your elbow is the part of your arm where the upper and lower halves of the arm are joined.
He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow.
他滑倒了,一隻胳膊肘嚴重擦傷。
If you elbow people aside or elbow your way somewhere, you push people with your elbows in order to move somewhere.
They also claim that the security team elbowed aside a steward...
他們還聲稱保安人員將一位乘務員推搡至一邊。
Mr Smith elbowed me in the face...
史密斯先生一肘撞在我臉上。
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.
Non-state firms gradually elbow aside the inefficient state-owned ones...
非國有企業逐漸擠掉了效率低下的國有企業。
Environmental concerns will elbow their way right to the top of the agenda.
環境問題將擠到議事日程之首。
1. hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
2. a sharp bend in a road or river
3. a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it
4. the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow;
5. the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow
1. push one's way with the elbows
2. shove one's elbow into another person's ribs
at one's elbow
在手頭;在附近
elbow-to-elbow
摩肩接踵地,緊挨著
give someone the elbow
(非正式)對…棄之不顧,拋開,排斥
up to one's elbows in
(非正式)手深陷於某物之中
at (one's) elbow
在手邊;在附近
out at the elbows
穿得破破爛爛的
捉襟見肘:缺少資金的
Don't hyperextend your elbow.
別過分拉伸你的胳膊肘.
I've worn through the elbow of this old coat at last.
最後我把這件舊外套的肘部磨出了窟窿.
Elbow pads and knee pads are essential on a skateboard.
滑滑板時帶護肘和護膝是必要的.
She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.
她用手臂挎著一個小包裹.
The wounded soldier levered himself up on his elbow and shouted for help.
那個傷兵用胳膊支起身子,大聲呼救.