shoulder是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 one of the two parts of the body at each side of the neck that join the arms to the rest of the body -- 肩，肩膀，肩部

  • I rested my head on her shoulder. 我把頭靠在她的肩上。

  • Then she put her arm around my shoulder and gave me a kiss. 接著她用手臂摟住我的肩，給了我一個吻。

  • She glanced nervously over her shoulder to make sure no one else was listening. 她不安地回頭掃了一眼，以確認沒有人在聽。

  • He was about six feet tall with broad shoulders. 他大約六呎高，雙肩寬闊。

  • "I don't know what to do about it," said Martha, shrugging her shoulders. 「我不知道該如何處理這件事，」瑪莎聳聳肩說道。

  • The shoulders look a little tight. Do you want to try a larger size? 肩部看起來有點緊。你想試試尺寸大一點的嗎？

  • a jacket with padded shoulders 有墊肩的夾克

• 1 used to refer to the responsibility that someone has or feels for something -- （責任在）…的肩上，…承擔

  • A huge burden was lifted from my shoulders (= I became much less worried) when I told my parents about my problem. 我把自己的問題告訴父母後，感到如釋重負。

  • Responsibility for the dispute rests squarely on the shoulders of the president. 調解爭端的責任完全落在總統的肩上。

• 2 a piece of meat that includes the upper part of an animal's front leg -- （動物身上包括前腿上半部的）肩肘肉，前腿肉

  • I've bought a shoulder of lamb for Sunday lunch. 我買了塊羊肩肉，用來做星期天的午餐。

• 3 an area along the side of a main road where cars can stop -- ���肩，（大路兩側的）緊急停車道

  • There were tire tracks left in the soft shoulder (= area of dirt or grass by the road). 在軟路肩上有輪胎印子。

• 4 to accept that you are responsible for something bad or difficult -- 承受譴責／承受重負／承擔職責／承擔費用（等等）

  • It is women who mainly shoulder responsibility for the care of elderly and disabled relatives. 承擔照顧老人和殘疾親屬責任的主要都是女人。

  • Teachers cannot be expected to shoulder all the blame for poor exam results. 考試成績不理想，責任不能全部歸到老師身上。

• 5 to put something on your shoulders to carry it -- 用肩扛

  • Shouldering her pack, she strode off up the road. 她背起背包，大步上路。

  • She was carrying two suitcases and had to shoulder the door open. 她手提著兩個箱子，不得不用肩膀把門頂開。

  • He shouldered his way (= formed a way through by pushing with his shoulders) to the front of the crowd to get a better look. 他用肩膀開路擠到人群前面，以便看得更清楚。