c. 1600, "press forcibly" (transitive), probably an alteration of quease (c. 1550), from Old English cwysan "to squeeze," of unknown origin, perhaps imitative (compare German quetschen "to squeeze"). Perhaps altered by influence of many words of similar sense in squ-. Intransitive sense from 1680s. Baseball squeeze play first recorded 1905. The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue has squeeze-crab "A sour-looking, shrivelled, diminutive fellow."
squeeze (n.)
1610s, "act of squeezing," from squeeze (v.). Main squeeze "most important person" is attested from 1896; meaning "one's sweetheart, lover" is attested by 1980. Slang expression to put the squeeze on (someone or something) "exert influence on" is from 1711.
雙語例句
1. The Government's financial squeeze had killed the scheme off.
政府的財政困難已使這個計劃成為泡影。
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2. The company intends to squeeze further savings from its suppliers.
公司試圖從供貨商那裏再省下一筆費用。
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3. It was a squeeze in the car with five of them.
車裏坐了他們5個人，很擁擠。
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4. Jack showed off his latest squeeze at the weekend.
周末傑克炫耀了一番自己新交的女朋友。
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5. He reached for her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.