nudge
n. 用肘輕推; 推動
vt. (用肘)輕推; 推進
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...
我輕輕推了推斯坦,又指了一下。
'Stop it,' he said, and nudged the boy lightly with his knee.
“別這麼幹了,”他用膝蓋輕輕碰了碰那個男孩說道。
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·斯溫森把他推進了起居室。
The civil servant nudged him forward.
那個文職人員向前推了他一把。
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...
鮑勃一步一步勸說弗裡茨賣掉了他的控股權益。
Foreigners must use their power to nudge the country towards greater tolerance...
外國人必須動用他們的力量促使這個國家變得更加寬容。
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...
一個年近四旬、一事無成、寂寂無聞的舞臺劇作者兼演員
The temperature when we were there was nudging 80 degree F.
我們在的時候,那裡溫度接近80華氏度。
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.
文章接下來列舉了過去兩年間報紙上出現過的一連串性醜聞傳言。
1. a slight push or shake
1. to push against gently;
2. push into action by pestering or annoying gently
nudge nudge (wink wink)
那個事情(用於引起對前述內容中關於性行為暗示的注意)
I gave him a nudge and he understood at once.
我用肘輕輕推了他一下,他馬上就明白了.
We tried to nudge them towards a practical solution.
我們試圖促使他們達成一個可行的解決辦法.
A vertical or horizontal bar containing a scroll thumb and nudge buttons.
一個縱向或橫向的包含了卷軸和按鈕的條狀控制元件.
Now It'seems that starbursts can . in their turn , nudge the galaxies they occur in.
目前一般認為,星群爆發能夠 反過來 對所在星系產生作用.
They've been spending a lot of time together, nudge nudge , wink wink.
他們老混在一起, 眉來眼去, 卿卿我我的.