nudged

英 [nʌdʒd]

美 [nʌdʒd]

v.  (用肘)轻推，轻触; (朝某方向)轻推，渐渐推动; 用胳膊肘挤开往前走
nudge的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB (通常指用肘)轻推，轻碰(以引起注意)
  If younudgesomeone, you push them gently, usually with your elbow, in order to draw their attention to something.
  1. I nudged Stan and pointed again...
     我轻轻推了推斯坦，又指了一下。
  2. 'Stop it,' he said, and nudged the boy lightly with his knee.
     “别这么干了，”他用膝盖轻轻碰了碰那个男孩说道。
  3. Nudgeis also a noun.
     
  4. She slipped her arm under his and gave him a nudge.
     她挽住他的胳膊，轻轻推了他一下。
• VERB 轻轻地推动(或推向)
  If younudgesomeone or something into a place or position, you gently push them there.
  1. Edna Swinson nudged him into the sitting room...
     埃德娜·斯温森把他推进了起居室。
  2. The civil servant nudged him forward.
     那个文职人员向前推了他一把。
  3. Nudgeis also a noun.
     
  4. McKinnon gave the wheel another slight nudge.
     麦金农又轻轻推了一下轮子。
• VERB 劝说;鼓动
  If younudgesomeone into doing something, you gently persuade them to do it.
  1. Bit by bit Bob had nudged Fritz into selling his controlling interest...
     鲍勃一步一步劝说弗里茨卖掉了他的控股权益。
  2. Foreigners must use their power to nudge the country towards greater tolerance...
     外国人必须动用他们的力量促使这个国家变得更加宽容。
  3. British tour companies are nudging clients to travel further afield.
     英国旅游公司正鼓动客户到更远的地方去旅游。
  4. Nudgeis also a noun.
     
  5. I had a feeling that the challenge appealed to him. All he needed was a nudge.
     我感觉这个挑战对他颇具吸引力，他所需要的就是一点推动。
• VERB 几乎达到;接近
  If someone or somethingis nudginga particular amount, level, or state, they have almost reached it.
  1. ...a little-known stage play writer and actress who was nudging 40 and going nowhere...
     一个年近四旬、一事无成、寂寂无闻的舞台剧作者兼演员
  2. The temperature when we were there was nudging 80 degree F.
     我们在的时候，那里温度接近80华氏度。
• PHRASE 性关系;(尤指)性丑闻
  If you refer toa nudge and a winkor tonudge-nudge wink-wink, you mean that someone is referring to sex, especially immoral sex, in an indirect way.
  1. The article then listed a series of nudge-nudge, wink-wink rumors that have appeared in newspapers over the last two years.
     文章接下来列举了过去两年间报纸上出现过的一连串性丑闻传言。

双语例句

• His blue eyes were twinkling as he nudged me with his elbow.
  他的蓝眼睛狡黠的一眨一眨，用手肘捣了我一下。
• This arrangement nudged Penguin to end its deal with OverDrive earlier this year.
  这一约定迫使企鹅出版社在今年早些时候终止了它和OverDrive的合约。
• She nudged the door shut with her knee.
  她用膝盖轻轻地把门顶上。
• She nudged him in the ribs.
  她用肘轻轻碰了他的肋部一下。
• At this point in his reverie Mary nudged him, perceiving that his mind was absent.
  正想到这里，玛丽看他灵魂出窍的样子，就用胳膊肘轻轻擦了他一下。
• The civil servant nudged him forward.
  那个文职人员向前推了他一把。
• He ordered two beers and nudged a bowl of olives towards her.
  他要了两杯啤酒，递给她一碗橄榄。
• She nudged me to tell me someone passing.
  她用肘轻轻碰了我一下，告诉我有人过来了。
• I also feel nudged along on time's notched stick.
  我也感到在时间的刻度尺上被推挤前进了一格。
• Overnight, snow had nudged its way into every crack and gutter.
  一夜之间，雪花塞满了所有的裂缝和水沟。