squeeze /skwiːz/ CET4 TEM4 ( squeezing, squeezed, squeezes )

• 1. 

  V-T If you squeeze something, you press it firmly, usually with your hands. (常指用手) 挤压; 紧捏

  例：

  He squeezed her arm reassuringly.

  他安慰地捏了捏她的手臂。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Squeeze is also a noun. 紧捏; 挤压

  例：

  I liked her way of reassuring you with a squeeze of the hand.

  我喜欢她捏捏手来安慰人的方式。

• 3. 

  V-T If you squeeze a liquid or a soft substance out of an object, you get the liquid or substance out by pressing the object. 挤; 压榨 (液体等)

  例：

  Joe put the plug in the sink and squeezed some detergent over the dishes.

  乔把塞子插进水槽，往盘子上挤了些洗洁精。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If you squeeze a person or thing somewhere or if they squeeze there, they manage to get through or into a small space. 塞进; 挤进

  例：

  They lowered him gradually into the cockpit. Somehow they squeezed him in the tight space, and strapped him in.

  他们缓缓地把他向下放入驾驶舱，设法把他塞进那狭小的空间，并给系上了安全带。

• 5. 

  N-SING 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. 满塞 [非正式]