人体英语趣说之elbow胳膊肘

elbow肘 Once in a while you sit with your head in your hands and both eblows on the table, don't you? You may use your eblows again when you want to go through a big crowd. Then you have to elbow your way through it. The word also refers to the part of the sleeve of a coat which covers the elbow. A poor man usually wears old raggedy clothes, and in both eblows of the sleeves，you may even see holes. So，to describe a poor man wearing shabby clothes, you can say that he looks out at elbows. 你偶尔双手抱头，双肘就搁在桌上，可不是？当你要穿过拥挤的人群时，你也会用得着双肘，那时你就得挤过去（To elbow your way through it）。这个词也可以指衣袖盖肘的部分。穷人通常穿破旧衣服，你在他的衣袖双肘部位甚至可能见到破洞。所以在描述一个穿着破旧衣服的穷人时，你可以说（he looks out at elbows（他衣衫褴褛，显得很寒酸）。