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elbow

/el-boh/US // ˈɛl boʊ //UK // (ˈɛlbəʊ) //

肘部,肘关节,肘子,胳膊肘

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
    • : the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
    • : something bent like an elbow, as a sharp turn in a road or river, or a piece of pipe bent at an angle.
    • : Architecture. crossette.
    • : Also called ell, el. a plumbing pipe or pipe connection having a right-angled bend.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to push with or as if with the elbow; jostle.
    • : to make by so pushing.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to elbow one's way: He elbowed through the crowd.

Phrases

  • elbow grease
  • elbow room
  • at someone's elbow
  • crook one's elbow
  • out at the elbows
  • rub elbows with

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Late in the first half, Morsell fell to the court and reached toward the side of his face, where the elbow of an opposing player left a visible indentation.

  • It’s another to curl around a screen, see a big man dropping into the paint and decide to rise for an uncontested jumper from the elbow.

  • Connecticut’s star player, James Bouknight, was out with an elbow injury.

  • Junior guard Aaron Wiggins had an elbow issue earlier this season, and senior guard Darryl Morsell had surgery two weeks ago to repair a fractured bone in his face.

  • She dribbled right against Jaelynn Penn and, in a split-second, crossed back over left toward the elbow area and buried a pull-up jumper.

  • I shut my eyes yet felt aware of the garden at my elbow, the blooms opening as if in time-lapse, the stalks lengthening.

  • The document had no legal standing, but was offered to the public as a sharp elbow to some of the assertions made by Ryan.

  • What the state really needs is to figure out how to elbow its way into the tech economy.

  • He changed sliders three times until he found one that didn't hurt his elbow.

  • We never tell him, 'Great screwball,' though, because then his elbow would hurt.

  • Jos lifted himself on his elbow, and fixing his shining eyes on Ramona, said in Spanish, "My mother asks if you are travellers?"

  • We must make more—much more—elbow room before the Turks get help from Asia or Constantinople.

  • Having paused a few seconds to recover breath, he brushed his hat with his elbow, and declared himself ready.

  • Just try it once, and you'll see how ingenious it is—only one must be careful not to throw out the elbow in turning out the wrist.

  • Lettice raised herself suddenly on her elbow and looked down at him with earnestness.