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elbow-bender

/el-boh-ben-der/US // ˈɛl boʊˌbɛn dər //

弯管机,弯头机,弯头的人,弯头

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : a person who drinks alcoholic beverages to excess; a heavy drinker.

Examples

  • In March 2013 in Washington, D.C., Seth Bender got in the Uber he ordered and shortly thereafter committed the sin of burping.

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

  • Tarantino would name his production company with Lawrence Bender, A Band Apart, after the film.

  • 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.

  • 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.