squeeze
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英 [skwi?z]
美[skwiz]
- vt. 擠；緊握；勒索
- vi. 壓榨
- n. 壓榨；緊握；擁擠；傭金
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?squeezes;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?squeezes;過(guò)去式:?squeezed;過(guò)去分詞:?squeezed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?squeezing;
助記提示
1. squash => squeeze.
中文詞源
squeeze 擠，壓，捏，擰，塞，勒索，逼迫
來(lái)自擬聲詞根 squ-,擠，壓，模仿擠壓濕物體時(shí)發(fā)出的吧唧聲。引申諸相關(guān)詞義。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The Government's financial squeeze had killed the scheme off.
- 政府的財(cái)政困難已使這個(gè)計(jì)劃成為泡影。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The company intends to squeeze further savings from its suppliers.
- 公司試圖從供貨商那里再省下一筆費(fèi)用。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was a squeeze in the car with five of them.
- 車(chē)?yán)镒怂麄?個(gè)人，很擁擠。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. He reached for her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.
- 他伸手去握緊她的手，讓她安心。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句