shoehorn

['ʃʊ'hɔrn]
  • n. 鞋拔
  • vt. 硬塞进

英英释义


1. a device used for easing the foot into a shoe

实用场景例句


They managed to shoehorn the material onto just one CD.
他们设法把材料仅仅塞进一张光盘。

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中文词源


shoehorn 鞋拔,硬塞

shoe,鞋,horn,角。比喻用法,引申词义硬塞。

双语例句


1. They managed to shoehorn the material onto just one CD.
他们设法把材料仅仅塞进一张光盘。

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英文词源


shoehorn (v.)
in the figurative sense of "to put or thrust (something somewhere) by means of a 'tool,' " 1859, from shoehorn (n.). Earlier it meant "to cuckold" (mid-17c.), with a play on horn (n.). Related: Shoehorned.
shoehorn (n.)
1580s, from shoe (n.) + horn (n.); earlier shoeing-horn (mid-15c.).

词态变化


复数: shoehorns;第三人称单数: shoehorns;过去式: shoehorned;过去分词: shoehorned;现在分词: shoehorning;