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VERB
(通常指用手)擠壓，捏
If you squeeze something, you press it firmly, usually with your hands.
例句
He squeezed her arm reassuringly...
他安慰地捏了捏她的胳膊。
Dip the bread briefly in water, then squeeze it dry.
將面包在水里快速蘸一下，然后將它擠干。
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VERB
壓榨，擠出(液體或軟的東西)
If you squeeze a liquid or a soft substance out of an object, you get the liquid or substance out by pressing the object.
例句
Joe put the plug in the sink and squeezed some detergent over the dishes.
喬用塞子塞住水槽，往盤子上擠了點(diǎn)洗滌劑。
...freshly squeezed lemon juice.
新榨的檸檬汁
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V-ERG
(常因害怕或保護(hù)眼睛而)緊閉(雙眼)
If you squeeze your eyes shut or if your eyes squeeze shut, you close them tightly, usually because you are frightened or to protect your eyes from something such as strong sunlight.
例句
Nancy squeezed her eyes shut and prayed...
南希緊閉雙眼祈禱著。
If you keep your eyes squeezed shut, you'll miss the show...
如果一直緊閉雙眼，你就要錯(cuò)過精彩的表演了。
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V-ERG
擠過;擠進(jìn);塞進(jìn)
If you squeeze a person or thing somewhere or if they squeeze there, they manage to get through or into a small space.
例句
They lowered him gradually into the cockpit. Somehow they squeezed him in the tight space, and strapped him in...
他們將他慢慢向下放入駕駛艙，設(shè)法將他塞進(jìn)了狹小的空間，并給他系好安全帶。
Many break-ins are carried out by youngsters who can squeeze through tiny windows.
很多入室盜竊案都是年輕人干的，他們可以從狹小的窗口鉆進(jìn)去。
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N-SING
擁擠
If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squeeze, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it.
例句
It was a squeeze in the car with five of them...
車?yán)镒怂麄?5 個(gè)人，很擁擠。
The lift holds six people at a squeeze.
電梯里擠一擠能容納 6 個(gè)人。
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VERB
(通過勸說)榨取，獲取
If you squeeze something out of someone, you persuade them to give it to you, although they may be unwilling to do this.
例句
The investigators complained about the difficulties of squeezing information out of residents...
調(diào)查人員抱怨說很難從居民身上獲取信息。
The company intends to squeeze further savings from its suppliers.
公司試圖從供貨商那里再省下一筆費(fèi)用。
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VERB
緊縮，壓縮(經(jīng)濟(jì))
If a government squeezes the economy, they put strict controls on people's ability to borrow money or on their own departments' freedom to spend money, in order to control the country's rate of inflation.
例句
The government will squeeze the economy into a severe recession to force inflation down...
政府將緊縮經(jīng)濟(jì)，使之出現(xiàn)嚴(yán)重衰退，以此迫使通貨膨脹率下降。
Defense experts say joint projects are increasingly squeezed by budget pressures.
國防專家說合作項(xiàng)目正迫于預(yù)算壓力越來越受到壓縮。
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N-COUNT
男(或女)朋友
Someone's squeeze is their boyfriend or girlfriend.
例句
Jack showed off his latest squeeze at the weekend.
周末杰克炫耀了一番自己新交的女朋友。