elbow

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 |

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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。