shoehorn

n. 鞋拔 vt. 硬塞进

发音

UK /ˈʃuːˌhɔːn/
US /ˈʃuːˌhɔɹn/
AU

词形变化

shoehorns 复数 shoehorns shoehorned shoehorning shoehorns 三单 shoehorning 现在分词 shoehorned 过去式 shoehorned 过去分词

别名

shoe-horn shoe horn

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place.

    鞋拔子

    鞋拔

    鞋拔仔

  2. 2.

    Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.

    贬义
  3. 3.

    Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To use a shoehorn.

    用鞋拔子

  2. 2.

    To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.

    比喻 及物

    I shoehorned his dozen burgeoning bags into the backseat of my tiny car, and off we went.

    His staff want to shoehorn an extra stop into his already packed campaigning schedule.

    2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, Italian politics: Who will be Italy’s next prime minister? A member of Mr Monti’s government admitted that, barring a hung parliament, it was impossible for the moment to see how Mr Monti could be shoehorned into politics after next spring.

  3. 3.

    To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.

    比喻 及物

    People claiming to be psychic may shoehorn an event into fulfillment of some vague past prediction.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

device
动词

上位词 2

adapt accommodate

词源

From shoe + horn.

来源：wiktionary