elbow

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n. 手肘, 弯头, 扶手 v. 用手肘推开, 推挤

发音

UK /ˈɛlbəʊ̯/
/ˈæ̝wbɐw/
US /ˈɛlboʊ̯/
US /ˈɛɫboʊ̯/
AU /ˈe̞lbəʉ̯/
AU /ˈe̞ɫbəʉ/
/ˈæ̝lbəʊ̯/
AU /ˈe̞ʊ̯bəʉ̯/

词形变化

elbower elbows 复数 elbows elbowed elbowing elbows 三单 elbowing 现在分词 elbowed 过去式 elbowed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

肘部；弯头；扶手

动词

推挤；用手肘推开

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

    肘

    肘部

    胳膊肘儿

    胳膊肘子

    手肘

    医学
  2. 2.

    Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

    弯头

    引申义

    the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back

  3. 3.

    A detective.

    美国 过时
  4. 4.

    Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.

    体育 游戏
  5. 5.

    A hit, strike, or blow with the elbow.

  6. 6.

    Two nearby crossings of a rope.

v.
  1. 1.

    To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.

    用肘推

    及物

    He elbowed his way through the crowd.

  2. 2.

    To strike with the elbow.

  3. 3.

    To nudge, jostle or push.

  4. 4.

    To force (someone) to quit or lose their job so that someone else can be hired.

    非正式

    The president was elbowed out of power by members of her own party.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

cubitus elbow joint

上位词 9

joint pipe bend curve piping articulation ginglymus hinge joint pipage

部分词 2

crazy bone funny bone

整体词 3

arm sleeve foreleg
动词

上位词 4

shove nudge prod jostle

相关短语

elbow grease 使劲地擦磨;耗费体力的工作 elbow room 自由活动的空间 elbow bone [医] 尺骨 elbow macaroni elbow bones elbow chair elbow chairs elbow juice elbow scissors elbow relation elbow relations elbow to elbow 摩肩接踵地，紧挨着 elbow sleeve elbow sleeves elbow shake

词源

From Middle English elbowe (“elbow”), from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell + bow. Cognate with Scots elbuck (“elbow”), Saterland Frisian Älbooge (“elbow”), Dutch elleboog (“elbow”), Low German Ellebage (“elbow”), German Ellbogen, Ellenbogen (“elbow”), Danish and Norwegian albue (“elbow”), Faroese albogi, Icelandic olbogi, olnbogi (“elbow”), Swedish armbåge (“elbow”).

来源：wiktionary