
squeeze基本信息
读法:英 [skwiːz] 美 [skwiz]
释义:
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星级词汇:★★★★
英英释义
Noun:
"squeeze a lemon"
"He squeezed her for information"
"They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
"She thrust the letter into his hand"
"She squeezed the bottle"
"They embraced"
"He hugged her close to him"
"the spasm contracted the muscle"
中英词源
squeeze 挤,压,捏,拧,塞,勒索,逼迫
来自拟声词根 squ-,挤,压,模仿挤压湿物体时发出的吧唧声。引申诸相关词义。
- squeeze (v.)
- c. 1600, "press forcibly" (transitive), probably an alteration of quease (c. 1550), from Old English cwysan "to squeeze," of unknown origin, perhaps imitative (compare German quetschen "to squeeze"). Perhaps altered by influence of many words of similar sense in squ-. Intransitive sense from 1680s. Baseball squeeze play first recorded 1905. The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue has squeeze-crab "A sour-looking, shrivelled, diminutive fellow."
- squeeze (n.)
- 1610s, "act of squeezing," from squeeze (v.). Main squeeze "most important person" is attested from 1896; meaning "one"s sweetheart, lover" is attested by 1980. Slang expression to put the squeeze on (someone or something) "exert influence on" is from 1711.
词态变化
复数 squeezes;
第三人称单数 squeezes;
过去式 squeezed;
过去分词 squeezed;
现在分词 squeezing;
权威造句
- 1. The Government"s financial squeeze had killed the scheme off.
- 政府的财政困难已使这个计划成为泡影。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The company intends to squeeze further savings from its suppliers.
- 公司试图从供货商那里再省下一笔费用。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was a squeeze in the car with five of them.
- 车里坐了他们5个人,很拥挤。
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- 4. Jack showed off his latest squeeze at the weekend.
- 周末杰克炫耀了一番自己新交的女朋友。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He reached for her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.
- 他伸手去握紧她的手,让她安心。
来自柯林斯例句
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
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记忆方法
1. squash => squeeze.
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