英语词汇“squeezabilities”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

squeeze /skwēz/

transitive verb

To crush, press hard, compress

To grasp tightly

To embrace

To force by pressing

To effect, render, or put by pressing

To crush the juice or liquid from

(with off) to fire (a bullet)

To force to discard winning cards

To fleece, extort from

To take a rubbing of

intransitive verb

To press

To crowd

To crush

To force a way

To yield to pressure

noun

The act of squeezing

Pressure

A restriction or time of restriction (usu financial or commercial)

A crowded assembly

An embrace

A close grasp

A portion withheld and appropriated as by an official

A rubbing

A few drops obtained by squeezing

Play that forces an opponent to discard a potentially winning card (also squeeze play; bridge)

A girlfriend or boyfriend (informal)

ORIGIN: Origin obscure

squeezabilˈity noun

squeezˈable adjective

squeezˈer noun

squeezˈing noun and adjective

squeezˈy adjective

squeezeˈ-box noun (informal)

A concertina, accordion

squeezy bottle or (esp US) squeeze bottle noun

A flexible plastic bottle, eg for washing-up liquid, that is squeezed to force out the contents

put the squeeze on (informal)

To extort money from

squeeze home

To win, succeed, etc with difficulty or narrowly