elbow
英 ['elb??]美['?lbo]
- n. 肘部；彎頭；扶手
- vt. 推擠；用手肘推開
詞組搭配
at one's elbow
close at hand; nearby
在手頭；在附近
elbow-to-elbow
very close together
摩肩接踵地，緊挨著
give someone the elbow
(informal)reject or dismiss someone in a rough, almost contemptuous manner
(非正式)對…棄之不顧，拋開，排斥
I tried to get her to give him the elbow.
我試圖讓她拋開他。
she decided to give tradition the elbow.
她決定拋開傳統。
up to one's elbows in
(informal)with one's hands plunged in (something)
(非正式)手深陷于某物之中
I was up to my elbows in the cheese-potato mixture.
我的手深陷在奶酪土豆泥里。
at (one's) elbow
Close at hand; nearby.
在手邊；在附近
out at the elbows
Poorly dressed.
穿得破破爛爛的
Lacking money.
捉襟見肘：缺少資金的
