elbow

1. N-COUNT Your elbow is the part of your arm where the upper and lower halves are joined. 肘

He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow. 他滑倒了，严重挫伤了一只胳膊肘。

2. V-T If you elbow people aside or elbow your way somewhere, you push people with your elbows in order to move somewhere. (用肘部) 推

They also claim that the security team elbowed aside a steward. 他们还声称治安队把一名乘务员推到了一边。

3. V-T If someone or something elbows their way somewhere, or elbows other people or things out of the way, they achieve success by being aggressive and determined. (用肘部) 挤

Non-state firms gradually elbow aside the inefficient state-owned ones. 非国有企业逐渐排挤掉了那些低效率的国有企业。

4. to rub elbows with→see rub