push [pu?]
vt.
1. (用力)推;(尤指)用力推進;推動:
He pushed me,and I fell into the water.他推了我壹下,我便掉到水裏去了。
2. 擠,驅;推行;驅使:
Mother tried to push her daughter's worries from her mind.媽媽力圖排遣她女兒心頭的煩惱。
3. 促進;促成;催促:
He pushed her into making a decision.他催促她做出決定。
4. 逼迫,催逼:
be pushed for time感到時間緊迫
5. 擴展;擴大;增加:
The frontier was pushed westward.邊疆向西擴展。
6. 提攜;推銷:
The company are pushing their new product.這家公司正在推銷他們的新產品。
7. 突出,伸出:
He pushed out his lower lip.他努出他的下嘴唇。
8. 生根;發芽:
The plants push their roots deep into the soil.植物深深地紮根於土中。
9. 在年齡或數目上接近於:
The old man was pushing eighty-five.老人快85歲了。
10. [美國英語]棒球、高爾夫球推棒觸擊;輕推球;從右手把(球)向右側擊去;從左手把(球)向左側擊去
11. 擠出路前進:
The policeman pushed his way through the crowd.警察從人群中擠了過去。
12. [俚語]非法銷售:
be jailed for pushing heroin因私售海洛因而坐牢
13. [美國俚語]把(新的東西)插入(預定的項目之中)
vi.
1. 推;按:
Don't push against me! 別推我!
2. 推進;努力前進:
She pushed past me.她從我身邊擠了過去。
3. 推行運動;極力活動:
Unions pushed for higher wages.工會極力爭取提高工資。
4. 突出,伸出:
to push up through the mulch從覆蓋層裏破土而出
5. 被推:
The door pushed open.門被推開了。
6. 延伸:
A road pushes toward the mountains.壹條路延伸到群山之中。
7. 擴展;增加:
Corn acreage pushed into first place.玉米的種植面積居於首位。
8. 向前劃槳:
to push down a stream劃槳順流而下
9. (尤指為超過別人或為成功而)奮力,盡力:
They are pushing hard to improve their strategic nuclear capabilities.他們正全力以赴增強他們的戰略核力量。
10. (產婦)屏息收肌以助嬰兒產出
11. 牌戲故意叫高牌使對方不得不叫更高的牌
12. [俚語]販毒