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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4155 COCA: 3512

elbow

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el·bow1 /ˈelbəʊ $ -boʊ/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1. HBHthe joint where your arm bends 肘
2. DCCthe part of a shirt etc that covers your elbow 〔衬衫等的〕肘部
3. elbow grease informalWORK HARD hard work and effort, especially when cleaning or polishing something 费力的工作〔尤指擦洗等累活〕
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elbow grease• Pioneering vision is required, and elbow grease!• Cleaning Thanks to the availability of steam, cleaning is now a simple task, taking very little effort and no elbow grease.• Hopefully, this knowledge will save many householders a great deal of elbow grease!• It certainly saved a lot of elbow grease.• I give the pink botty a thorough good scrub, putting in plenty of elbow grease.• You'll need to use some elbow grease to get that floor clean.
4. give somebody the elbow British EnglishBrE informalLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONLEAVE A PLACE to tell someone that you no longer like them or want them to work for you and that they should leave 撵走，甩掉〔某人〕
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give somebody the elbow• The girl must have given him the elbow, Harriet decided.• I won't have anything more to do with you lot till you give him the elbow.
5  elbow room enough space in which to move easily 足够的活动空间
 There’s more elbow room in the restaurant since they extended it.
餐馆扩建后宽敞多了。
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elbow room• Give each elbow room to display its fronds.• There was enough elbow room in this gargantuan aquarium for all kinds of surprises to emerge.• They stood in the crowd, fighting for elbow room.• Oh come, you must leave even me a little elbow room in which to breathe.• In October the museums and art galleries are less crowded, and there's more elbow room in restaurants.• Let's sit in a booth. There's more elbow room there.• The little clearing was shielded from the street by the laurels, and afforded him plenty of elbow room.• It can change the climate enough to give people elbow room to do the right things.• Packed three or four to a closet-sized room, students can come to envy the elbow room afforded sardines and cosmonauts.• Mr. Illsley Where would Nottinghamshire county council find the elbow room to which the hon. Gentleman referred?• The belt provides vast material resources, vast amounts of solar power, and vast elbow room.
6. TBa curved part of a pipe 〔管子的〕肘状弯
→ rub elbows with somebody at rub1(5)
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elbow• His shot had struck the shoulder joint, and... came out between the shoulder and elbow.• Apply once or twice a week, especially to backs of arms and thighs, your feet, elbows and knees.• Polly said, materializing at my elbow.• The group has a single tendon insertion below the elbow into the forearm.• Lying as shown, raise the elbows, head and shoulders, bringing your chin as close to your chest as possible.• Most of the Acutes in the dorm. are up on their elbows, blinking and listening.
elbow2 verb [transitiveT]  
PUSHto push someone with your elbows, especially in order to move past them 用肘挤开〔某人〕
elbow your way through/past/into etc something (=move through a group of people by pushing past them) 挤过/挤入〔人群〕等
 He elbowed his way to the bar and ordered a beer.
他挤到吧台前要了一杯啤酒。
 She pushed through the crowd, elbowing people out of the way.
她用手肘把人们推开，从人群中挤了出来。
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elbow• She elbowed her way through the crowd.• One of the yellow-jacketed policemen elbowed his way to Lawrence's window.• Greene had to leave the game after being elbowed in the face.• I elbowed Karen unceremoniously aside and grabbed the paddle.• Craig elbowed me aside roughly.• Elbowing me to one side, he took hold of the microphone.• She laughed often; a great sudden masculine sound, jerking her arms as if elbowing the air out of the way.• He picked up Dougal's empty glass and elbowed through the crowd at the bar.
elbow your way through/past/into etc something• Charlie and I elbowed our way through the crowd.• Furiously he elbowed his way through the crush, his men behind him.• I elbowed my way through the nosey parkers gossiping in the yard and ran home to tell Dad my good news.• On Earth, life elbows its way into solid, liquid, gas.• People were boarding and I elbowed my way into line.• Rex put on his sunglasses and elbowed his way into the crowd to gawp along with the rest.• She moved down to the kerbside, smiling graciously as she elbowed her way through the crowd.
Origin elbow1
Old English elboga
el·bow1 nounelbow2 verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4155 COCA: 3512
elbow

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + ELBOW | ELBOW + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤left, right左肘關節；右肘關節➤sharp尖突的肘關節▸➤dislocated, fractured脫位的肘關節；骨折的肘部➤sore疼痛的肘關節➤pitching, throwing (both in baseball均用於棒球) 做投擲動作的肘關節VERB + ELBOW➤lean, place, rest把肘部撑在⋯；把肘部支在⋯◇He rested one elbow on the wall as he spoke.他講話時把一隻胳膊肘支在牆上。➤lean on, prop yourself up on, raise yourself up on撑着胳膊肘；用肘部支撑着自己◇She opened her eyes and propped herself up on one elbow to look at him.她睜開眼，單肘撑起身子看着他。➤catch, grasp, take抓住肘部；扶住肘部◇He caught her elbow to steady her.他抓住她的肘部穩住她。➤jab, slam, thrust用肘部猛戳／猛擊／猛推◇She thrust her elbow into her attacker's face.她用肘部猛擊襲擊者的臉。➤bend, flex彎曲／屈起肘部➤extend, straighten伸展／伸直肘部▸➤bang, hit碰着肘部◇I banged my elbow on the table as I got up.我站起來時胳膊肘碰上了桌子。➤dislocate, fracture, injure使肘部錯位／骨折／受傷➤lock收緊肘部◇Extend your arms without locking your elbows.伸展你的胳膊，放鬆肘部。ELBOW + NOUN➤joint, ligament肘關節；肘部韌帶▸➤injury肘傷➤pain, problem肘部疼痛；肘傷➤surgery肘部手術➤pad護肘▸➤room自由伸展臂肘的空間◇The office cubicles give you hardly any elbow room.在辦公室隔間裏幾乎伸不開胳膊。PREPOSITION➤above the elbow肘部以上▸➤at your elbow在近旁◇A voice at my elbow said, 'Please sit down!'離我很近的一個聲音說：“請坐！”➤below the elbow肘部以下◇The whole of his arm below the elbow was badly burned.他肘部以下嚴重燒傷。➤beneath your elbow, under your elbow在胳膊肘下◇She slid a hand under his elbow to guide him.她悄悄地把手挽到他的胳膊肘下領着他。➤by the elbow挽着胳膊◇He took his guest by the elbow and steered him in the direction of the bar.他挽着客人的胳膊領他朝酒吧的方向走去。➤on one elbow用一隻胳膊肘撑着◇He raised himself on one elbow and looked at the bedside clock.他用一隻胳膊肘撑起身子看了看牀邊的鐘。PHRASES➤be up to your elbows in sth在深及胳膊肘的⋯中◇He was up to his elbows in hot water.他雙手在深及胳膊肘的熱水中洗碗碟。➤the crook of your elbow臂彎◇She was cradling a small bundle in the crook of her elbow.她用手臂挎着一個小包。➤dig your elbow into sb's ribs用肘部戳某人的肋骨◇She dug her elbow into Jim's ribs to remind him not to give the secret away.她用肘部戳了一下吉姆的肋骨，提醒他不要泄露秘密。➤rub elbows with sb (figurative, NAmE) 與某人親密往來◇He had been rubbing elbows with celebrities.他一直與一些名流過從甚密。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4155 COCA: 3512
elbow verb
⇨ push 2
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4155 COCA: 3512
elbow
General words for limbs and appendages: ankle, appendage, arch...
Parts of clothes: arm, armhole, basque...
To hit a person: hit, smack, bludgeon...

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