n.手肘；扶手；急彎

v.用手肘推開；推擠

He barked his elbow on the wall. 他碰到墻上，肘部擦破了皮。

You jogged my elbow and spoiled what I was drawing. 你撞到了我的手肘，弄壞了我正在畫的圖畫。

He tried to elbow me off the line in the lunchroom. 他想用肘把我擠出餐廳的候餐行列。

He elbowed his way through the crowd. 他在人群中擠出一條路。

It is impolite to elbow your way through the crowd 從人群中擠過去是不禮貌的。

elbow用作名詞時意思是“肘”,轉(zhuǎn)化為動詞意為“(用肘)推,(用肘)擠”。引申可表示“排擠”。

elbow用作及物動詞時,其賓語可為人,也可為one's way,后者意為“用肘或仿佛用肘排開打出一條通道”; 用作不及物動詞時意為“用肘推搡著前進”,引申可指“轉(zhuǎn)彎”。

elbow常和副詞aside,介詞off, through等連用表示運動方向。