| 单词 | squeeze |
| 释义 | squeeze I. transitive verb 1. a. (1) < nothing to do … but squeeze my friends' knees and drink my wine — Kenneth Roberts > < air that had been squeezed up so tight that he could not even move his hand through it very easily — J.B.S.Haldane > (2) (3) b. < squeezed the upper die smoothly down on the blank — John Craig > c. (1) < squeeze the juice from a lemon > < volcanoes formed by lava squeezed out of the earth in an exceedingly viscous condition — Howel Williams > (2) < squeeze total budgetary outlays two to five billion dollars below the present level — Cabell Phillips > (3) < squeezes his hand into the hole and grasps the prize — James Stevenson-Hamilton > 2. a. (1) < come to squeeze his land from him in his extremity — Pearl Buck > (2) < to squeeze the peasants, collectivization has been imposed at great cost — New York Times > b. < breaks in the supply line from the mainland periodically squeeze the islanders — New York Times > < not … let the farmer be squeezed by lowered farm prices and high fixed costs — E.T.Benson > c. < climbing cost of cotton squeezes mill profits — Wall Street Journal > 3. < the discount operator can squeeze a profit out of a tiny markup — Advertising Age > < hard-working farmers squeeze the last ounce from their holdings — T.H.Fielding > < thought that no new information can be squeezed from the premises of a syllogism — W.F.Doney > 4. a. < a single street squeezed between the railroad and the canal — American Guide Series: Maryland > < a small garage, into which, by much maneuvering he could manage to squeeze eight cars — General Motors Builds Its First 50 Million Cars > b. < brought before the courts every single case he could possibly squeeze within its provisions — Richard Hayward > — often used with in < somewhere in this crowded early life … managed to squeeze in three years of piano lessons — Gilbert Millstein > 5. < just barely squeezed out controlling margins in the two houses of Congress — Cabell Phillips > 6. 7. a. b. intransitive verb 1. < the corners of a gray cushion squeezed out around his fat back — Earle Birney > 2. a. b. < would take at least two months for a strike to begin to squeeze — Newsweek > specifically 3. a. < we can all three squeeze into my buggy — Ellen Glasgow > < a very stout lady, who could hardly squeeze through the door — Fernando Sabino > b. (1) < squeeze to the right > (2) 4. < probably could squeeze through the next five months of lean tax collections — New York Times > < a measure squeezed through both houses — R.A.Billington > Synonyms: see press • - squeeze the shorts II. 1. a. < they give a squeeze — not a slap — and exert maximum power only at the end of the stroke > < trigger squeeze > b. < friendly hands … grasping our pencil-cramped fingers, and giving them a firm squeeze and a hearty shake — Phoenix Flame > also c. (1) (2) d. < with one final squeeze, the crowd behind them pushed them along out of the gate — Dorothy C. Fisher > e. f. < the compositor comes to know just how much allowance he should make for squeeze — R.W.Polk > g. 2. a. < a squeeze of lemon > b. < a squeeze of people — Emily Hahn > especially < dinners, card parties, teas, … and squeezes — C.G.Bowers > c. 3. Britain 4. Britain 5. a. < the servant won't let the salesman into the house unless he gets his squeeze — Harper's > b. (1) (2) c. < resorted to squeeze as a means of bringing their income more into proportion to what it cost them to stay alive — Virginia A. Oakes > also < the customary squeeze applied to … merchants — Darrell Berrigan > 6. a. b. < the squeeze between low wages and high prices > < a squeeze between high costs and stable selling prices > c. (1) < manpower squeeze > < housing squeeze > or a tightening of fiscal controls or a withholding of assets < credit squeeze > or an economic blockade < put a squeeze on the city by strict inspection of entering transport > (2) d. (1) (2) e. 7. a. slang b. III. slang |
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