squeeze
英 [skwiːz]
美 [skwiːz]
- vt. 挤；紧握；勒索
- vi. 压榨
- n. 压榨；紧握；拥挤；佣金
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记忆方法
1. squash => squeeze.
中文词源
squeeze 挤，压，捏，拧，塞，勒索，逼迫
来自拟声词根 squ-,挤，压，模仿挤压湿物体时发出的吧唧声。引申诸相关词义。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. The Government's financial squeeze had killed the scheme off.
- 政府的财政困难已使这个计划成为泡影。
- 2. The company intends to squeeze further savings from its suppliers.
- 公司试图从供货商那里再省下一笔费用。
- 3. It was a squeeze in the car with five of them.
- 车里坐了他们5个人，很拥挤。
- 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。
- 5. He reached for her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.
- 他伸手去握紧她的手，让她安心。
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