elbow /ˈɛlbəʊ/ CET4 TEM4 ( elbowing, elbowed, elbows )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT Your elbow is the part of your arm where the upper and lower halves are joined. 肘

  例：

  He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow.

  他滑倒了，严重挫伤了一只胳膊肘。

• 2. 

  V-T If you elbow people aside or elbow your way somewhere, you push people with your elbows in order to move somewhere. (用肘部) 推

  例：

  They also claim that the security team elbowed aside a steward.

  他们还声称治安队把一名乘务员推到了一边。

• 3. 

  V-T If someone or something elbows their way somewhere, or elbows other people or things out of the way, they achieve success by being aggressive and determined. (用肘部) 挤

  例：

  Non-state firms gradually elbow aside the inefficient state-owned ones.

  非国有企业逐渐排挤掉了那些低效率的国有企业。

• 4. 

  to rub elbows with →see rub