squeeze
v. 擠壓; 壓榨; 緊閉(雙眼); 擁擠; 勒索; 嚴格限制; 榨取
n. 擠壓; 榨出的液體; 擠; 擁擠; 減少; 男/女朋友
If you squeeze something, you press it firmly, usually with your hands.
He squeezed her arm reassuringly...
他安慰地捏了捏她的胳膊。
Dip the bread briefly in water, then squeeze it dry.
將麵包在水裡快速蘸一下,然後將它擠幹。
If you squeeze a liquid or a soft substance out of an object, you get the liquid or substance out by pressing the object.
Joe put the plug in the sink and squeezed some detergent over the dishes.
喬用塞子塞住水槽,往盤子上擠了點洗滌劑。
...freshly squeezed lemon juice.
新榨的檸檬汁
If you squeeze your eyes shut or if your eyes squeeze shut, you close them tightly, usually because you are frightened or to protect your eyes from something such as strong sunlight.
Nancy squeezed her eyes shut and prayed...
南希緊閉雙眼祈禱著。
If you keep your eyes squeezed shut, you'll miss the show...
如果一直緊閉雙眼,你就要錯過精彩的表演了。
If you squeeze a person or thing somewhere or if they squeeze there, they manage to get through or into a small space.
They lowered him gradually into the cockpit. Somehow they squeezed him in the tight space, and strapped him in...
他們將他慢慢向下放入駕駛艙,設法將他塞進了狹小的空間,並給他繫好安全帶。
Many break-ins are carried out by youngsters who can squeeze through tiny windows.
很多入室盜竊案都是年輕人乾的,他們可以從狹小的視窗鑽進去。
If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squeeze, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it.
It was a squeeze in the car with five of them...
車裡坐了他們 5 個人,很擁擠。
The lift holds six people at a squeeze.
電梯裡擠一擠能容納 6 個人。
If you squeeze something out of someone, you persuade them to give it to you, although they may be unwilling to do this.
The investigators complained about the difficulties of squeezing information out of residents...
調查人員抱怨說很難從居民身上獲取資訊。
The company intends to squeeze further savings from its suppliers.
公司試圖從供貨商那裡再省下一筆費用。
If a government squeezes the economy, they put strict controls on people's ability to borrow money or on their own departments' freedom to spend money, in order to control the country's rate of inflation.
The government will squeeze the economy into a severe recession to force inflation down...
政府將緊縮經濟,使之出現嚴重衰退,以此迫使通貨膨脹率下降。
Defense experts say joint projects are increasingly squeezed by budget pressures.
國防專家說合作專案正迫於預算壓力越來越受到壓縮。
Someone's squeeze is their boyfriend or girlfriend.
Jack showed off his latest squeeze at the weekend.
週末傑克炫耀了一番自己新交的女朋友。
1. the act of gripping and pressing firmly;
2. a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
3. a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer;
4. (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend;
5. a twisting squeeze;
6. an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
7. a tight or amorous embrace;
8. the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space;
1. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;
2. press firmly;
3. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;
4. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city";
5. obtain by coercion or intimidation;
6. press or force;
7. squeeze tightly between the fingers;
8. hug, usually with fondness;
9. squeeze or press together;
press, jam, squeeze, compress, squash
這些動詞均含"壓,擠"之意。
put the squeeze on
(非正式)對…施加壓力
squeeze one's eyes shut
緊閉雙目
squeeze off
連發:扣板機發出子彈
squeeze through 或 squeeze by
險勝,倖存:勉強經過,透過,取勝或生存
But he had never imagined she was so poor and he couldn't squeeze anything out of her.
可是他沒有料到她竟會那麼窮,榨不出一點油水.
Give the tube of toothpaste a squeeze.
把牙膏擠一擠.
The government will always try to squeeze more money out of the taxpayer.
政府總是想方設法向納稅人榨取更多的錢.
I tried to squeeze the water out of my soaking skirt.
我用力擰掉我那件溼透了的裙子上的水.
When the government is in a tight squeeze it usually tries to borrow money from abroad.
每當政府陷入財政困難,總是試圖借貸外債.