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。

I can squeeze a meeting in early tomorrow morning. 我可以在明天清早挤出时间开个会。

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。