shove

🇬🇧 UK/ʃʌv/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To push someone or something roughly or with force.

猛推,用力推

n.

A rough or forceful push.

猛推,一推

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
shoveother
=shove

Common Collocations

  • 1.shove aside推到一边,排挤
  • 2.push and shove推推搡搡
  • 3.shove one's way through挤着穿过
  • 4.[give someone a shove]推某人一把

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Someone shoved him from behind and he nearly fell over.

  • 2.

    She shoved her way through the crowded subway car.

  • 3.

    He shoved the heavy box under the bed to clear the floor.

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