释义 |
shoehorning present participle ofshoehorn shoehorn verb[ Toften passive ] informaluk /ˈʃuː.hɔːn/ us /ˈʃuː.hɔːrn/ to fit something tightly in a particular place, often between two other things: 把…塞进;把…嵌入 This tiny restaurant is shoehorned between two major banks.这家小饭店夹在两家大银行之间。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Inserting and forcing things into other things bed cram cram something into something dig dig (something) into someone/something embed embedded insertion inset interlace interlayer interpolation lodge reinsert reinsertion rethread shoehorn squash stick stuck |