詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?shoehorns;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?shoehorns;過(guò)去式:?shoehorned;過(guò)去分詞:?shoehorned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?shoehorning;
中文詞源
shoehorn 鞋拔，硬塞shoe,鞋，horn,角。比喻用法，引申詞義硬塞。
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. They managed to shoehorn the material onto just one CD.
- 他們?cè)O(shè)法把材料僅僅塞進(jìn)一張光盤(pán)。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》