- Your elbow is the bendy part of your arm between your wrist and your shoulder. Sometimes people use their pointy elbows to elbow people out of the way.
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- n. 肘部；弯头；扶手
- vt. 推挤；用手肘推开
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1. I skinned my elbow against the wall.
我的肘部撞在墙上擦破了皮.
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2. The injured man levered himself up on his elbow.
受伤者靠肘部费劲地抬起身子。
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3. Why use my elbow and foot?
为什么要用我的肘和脚呢？
- elbow (n.) "bend of the arm," c. 1200, elbowe, from a contraction of Old English elnboga "elbow," from Proto-Germanic *elino-bugon, literally "bend of the forearm" (source also of Middle Dutch ellenboghe, Dutch elleboog, Old High German elinbogo, German Ellenboge, Old Norse ölnbogi).
- elbow (v.) "thrust with the elbow," c. 1600, from elbow (n.). Figurative sense is from 1863. Related: Elbowed; elbowing.
elbow ★ / ˈelbəʊ ; NAmE ˈelboʊ / noun , verb elbow elbows elbowed elbowing noun ★ 1 ★ the joint between the upper and lower parts of the arm where it bends in the middle 肘；肘部 ◆ She jabbed him with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘捅他。 ◆ He's fractured his elbow. 他肘部骨折。 2 ★ the part of a piece of clothing that covers the elbow （衣服的）肘部 ◆ The jacket was worn at the elbows. 这件夹克衫的肘部磨破了。 3 a part of a pipe, chimney,etc. where it bends at a sharp angle （管子、烟囱等的）弯处，弯头 IDIOMS get the ˈelbow ( BrE) ( informal) to be told by sb that they no longer want to have a relationship with you; to be told to go away 被排斥；被甩；被撵走 give sb the ˈelbow ( BrE) ( informal) to tell sb that you no longer want to have a relationship with them; to tell sb to go away 排斥；甩掉；撵走 ☞more at know v. , power n. , rub v. verb elbowsb/sth (+adv./prep.) to push sb with your elbow, usually in order to get past them 用肘推；用肘挤 ◆ She elbowed me out of the way to get to the front of the line. 她用肘部把我推开朝队伍前面挤。 ◆ He elbowed his waythrough the crowd. 他从人群中挤了过去。 elbow / ˈelbəʊ ; NAmE ˈelboʊ /
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