单词	shoehorn
释义	shoehorn /ˈʃuːhɔːn / noun A curved instrument used for easing one’s heel into a shoe.Use a long-handled shoehorn if you have trouble putting on shoes.... The firm buys cow horn, which is a by-product of the meat industry, and uses it to produce items such as spoons, walking sticks and shoehorns. Aids include shoehorns with an extension handle, devices that help you pull up hosiery, shoes you close with Velcro rather than with shoelaces, and tools that grip buttons and zippers. verb [with object and adverbial] Force into an inadequate space: people were shoehorned into cramped corners... A traditional marriage will be most advantageous for the blushing groom, but it's not the oppressive males who are forcing us up that aisle, or shoehorning us into white meringues. Curious tourists gathered on Edinburgh's Royal Mile as volunteers, some climbing into the roof of the booth, others sitting on each other, slowly shoehorned themselves into the tiny space. So shoehorning the problem of nuclear proliferation into the framework of terrorism is especially illogical, since the distinguishing feature of nuclear proliferation as an issue is its asymmetry.
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