nudge
v[Tn]
1 touch or push (sb) with one's elbow to draw his attention to sth 以肘碰或推(某人)(使其注意某事物)
I nudged her and pointed to the man across the street. 我用肘碰了她一下并指了指街對面的那個男的.
2 push (sb/sth) gently or gradually 輕推或漸漸觸到(某人[某物])
The horse nudged my pocket with its nose. 馬用鼻子輕輕地拱我的衣袋.
He accidentally nudged the gatepost with the front of the car. 他一不留神汽車的頭部碰上了門柱. nudge, n push given in this way (此種)輕碰或輕推
She gave me a nudge in the ribs. 她以肘輕觸我肋部一下. nudge, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
Nudge, prod, poke, jab and stab indicate the action of pushing a hard or sharp object (eg a finger or stick) into a person or thing and are shown here in increasing order of force or violence. *nudge、 prod、 poke、 jab、 stab等動詞表示的動作是以堅硬或尖銳的物體(如手指或棍棒)觸及人或物, 其力量大小或猛烈程度按由弱到強的順序排列如下. Nudge = push or touch gently, especially with one's elbow, in order to catch somebody's attention *nudge是輕推或輕觸, 尤指用肘部, 為使某人注意
She nudged him with her elbow. 她用肘輕觸了他一下. Prod (at) = push, especially with a finger or stick, in order, for example, to make something move *prod (at)是推, 尤指用手指或棍棒, 如為使物體移動
He prodded at the pig with his walking-stick. 他用手杖推那口豬. The three remaining verbs can be used in two constructions 余下的三個動詞可用於以下兩種結構
poke/jab/stab somebody or something with a sharp object OR poke/jab/stab a sharp object into somebody or something. Poke (at) = push sharply *poke (at)是戳或捅
He poked (at) the fire with a stick. 他用棍撥火. He poked a stick into the fire. 他把棍子插進火里. Jab (at) = strike forcefully and roughly with a sharp object *jab (at)是用鋒利的物體猛刺或亂戳
The vet jabbed (at) the dog with a needle/jabbed a needle into the dog. 獸醫給狗扎針. Stab = strike forcefully into somebody or something with a pointed object, especially a knife, in order to wound *stab是用尖銳的物體用力刺入某人或某物, 尤指用刀刺傷
The killer stabbed him with a knife/stabbed a knife into him. 兇手用刀刺他.