v.挤压；塞进；压榨；设法腾出
n.挤压；少量；拥挤；严控；财政困难
Kara squeezed the bottle, and the water rushed out. 卡拉挤压着那个瓶子,水一下子喷了出来。
It took some ingenuity to squeeze all the furniture into the little room. 把全部家具都塞进那个小房间是很费了一番心思的。
Supermarkets are accused of squeezing both customers and suppliers. 超市因压榨顾客和供货商而遭到指控。
I can squeeze a meeting in early tomorrow morning. 我可以在明天清早挤出时间开个会。
用作名词 (n.)He gave my hand a gentle squeeze. 他握着我的手,轻轻捏了捏。
The host put a squeeze of lemon in my drink. 主人往我的饮料中挤了少量柠檬汁。
We managed to get all the luggage into the car but it was a tight squeeze. 我们总算把行李都塞进汽车里了，不过挤得要命。
The government is putting the squeeze on business profits. 政府正在对商业利润采取严格控制。
She's just lost her job, so they're really feeling the squeeze. 她刚失了业，这下他们真正感到艰难了。
squeeze的基本意思是“向内收紧某物”,表示“挤”“榨”“捏”,指向两侧或多侧施加压力,以达到压缩、压扁、倒空、粉碎或成型。有时则含表达情感之意,如紧握某人的手。引申可表示“提取”“榨出”“探听出”“勒索”。
squeeze可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词作宾语,也可接双宾语,其间接宾语可转化为介词for的宾语。还可接以形容词充当宾语补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。
squeeze宾语后接from或out of,表示“从…中榨出…”; 其宾语后接into,表示“把…塞进”。
squeeze还可用作名词,意为“紧握,拥抱,拥挤,困难”等。例如:He gave her an affectionate squeeze.他亲热地拥抱她。It was a tight squeeze in the crowded bus.公共汽车上载客太多,挤得很。When the government is in a tight squeeze it usually tries to borrow money from abroad .每当政府陷入财政困难,总是试图借贷外债。
