0 to press something firmly, especially from all sides in order to change its shape, reduce its size, or remove liquid from it -- (尤指從各方面)擠壓,捏,擠,榨
Small businesses are being squeezed by heavy taxation. 重稅使小企業在財務上捉襟見肘。
figurative The studio is using all sorts of marketing tricks to squeeze as much profit from the movie as they can. 該製片廠使出種種行銷手法,盡可能從電影中榨取最多利潤。
He reloaded the gun, took aim, and then squeezed (= pulled back) the trigger. 他重新上好子彈,瞄準目標,然後扣下扳機。
Once he had finished cleaning the floor, he squeezed the cloth out. 他擦完地板之後,把抹布擰乾。
As she waited to go into the exam, he squeezed her hand (= pressed it affectionately with his hand) and wished her good luck. 在她等待應考時,他捏了捏她的手,祝她好運。
Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice into the bowl. 把檸檬對切,將汁擠到碗裡。
1 to get in, through, under, etc. with difficulty -- (困難地)擠進,擠過
3 a reduction or limit -- 減少;削減;限制
The government has imposed a sharp credit squeeze in an attempt to hold down inflation. 爲抑制通貨膨脹,政府施行了嚴格的信貸緊縮政策。
The squeeze on local spending means that many services will have to be cut. 地方支出的縮減意味著將不得不砍掉很多公共服務。
The squeeze on profits in the oil industry has led to thousands of redundancies. 石油産業利潤的減少導致數千人失業。
4 a situation in which people or things are pushed or forced into a small space -- 擁擠;擠入
The bar fell and my eyes squeezed tightly shut.
The ponderomotive laser light pressure squeezes out a portion of electrons from the plasma layer near the critical density area.
An event that, through constant media attention, feels as if all the emotion has already been squeezed from it.
The gut contents from each section were squeezed out, weighed and an egg count carried out on each section.
Where necessary, contents of the body cavity were squeezed out using a fine forceps.
Thus, economic and democratic reforms are both possible if they can be squeezed into this unique time period.
Moreover, inflation depressed incomes, depriving manufacturers of customers for their efforts and squeezing savings that might have fostered capital growth.
Nevertheless, some of the matrix magma probably was squeezed out during this process, concentrating the orbicules into a smaller volume.