elbow
['elbəu]
n.手肘, 扶手,急弯
v.用手肘推开, 推挤
例句与用法:
Leave a radio at the patient's elbow.
在病人手边留一个收音机。
He barked his elbow on the wall.
他碰到墙上,肘部擦破了皮。
You jogged my elbow and spoiled what I was drawing.
你撞到了我的手肘,弄坏了我正在画的图画。
He elbowed his way through the crowd.
他在人群中挤出一条路。
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 |
详细释义:
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]
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。