Push

(noun.) the act of applying force in order to move something away; 'he gave the door a hard push'; 'the pushing is good exercise'.

(noun.) an effort to advance; 'the army made a push toward the sea'.

(noun.) the force used in pushing; 'the push of the water on the walls of the tank'; 'the thrust of the jet engines'.

(verb.) press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; 'He pushed her to finish her doctorate'.

(verb.) move with force, 'He pushed the table into a corner'.

(verb.) press against forcefully without moving; 'she pushed against the wall with all her strength'.

(verb.) move strenuously and with effort; 'The crowd pushed forward'.

(verb.) approach a certain age or speed; 'She is pushing fifty'.

(verb.) sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); 'The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs'.

校对:佩里

• A cocoanut shell always has a soft spot at one end because this is the provision nature has made to allow the embryo of the future tree to push its way out of the hard shell. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The eastern armies did not so much defeat him as push past him, and Paris capitulated in March. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The boat now began, with heavy groans, like some vast, tired monster, to prepare to push up among the multiplied steamers at the levee. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I shall push on to Burkesville, and if a stand is made at Danville, will in a very few days go there. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It is my auspicious hand that has given the first push to your fortune in the world. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He got onto his elbows, stretched the left leg well behind him with both hands and a far, sweating, push with the right foot and there he was. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Hence it provides a further push to social progress. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• She put up her spectacles, shut the Bible, and pushed her chair back from the table. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• They heard a rifle bolt snick as it was drawn back and then the knock against the wood as it was pushed forward and down on the stock. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Wright's corps pushed to Hanover Court House. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Thence he pushed on to Waynesboro', where he found the enemy in force in an intrenched position, under General Early. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I lightly pushed the heavy leaf; would it yield? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He pushed his face forward as he spoke and his lips and eyelids were continually twitching like a man with St. Vitus's dance. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Sherman paid no attention at all to the overture, but pushed forward and took the town without making any conditions whatever with its citizens. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It appeared to be something interesting, for every one was pushing and striving to get nearer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Wait, she whispered, leave them to me, and pushing me advanced, all defenceless and unarmed, upon the snarling banths. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• So there is no loss, the gypsy said and pushing the blanket aside he came out into the dark. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• They were shouting and pushing and they made a noise now like an animal and they were all shouting 'Open up! 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• No, no, not to-night, said Meyler, pushing me from him, without looking at me. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• And as for Pilar pushing her onto you, all Pilar did was be an intelligent woman. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Oh, I read no literature now, said Lydgate, shutting the book, and pushing it away. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Every time we squeeze the bulb of an atomizer, we force compressed or condensed air through the atomizer, and the condensed air pushes the liquid out of the nozzle (Fig. 51). 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Mr. Weevle moodily pushes the snuffers-tray from him with his elbow, leans his head on his hand, puts his feet on the fender, and looks at the fire. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The atmosphere pressing downward on _a_ pushes water after the rising piston _b_. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The man pushes down with a force of 100 pounds, but with that amount succeeds in prying up the 600-pound bowlder. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It almost always happens, in these cases, that some insignificant matter pushes itself in front and makes much of itself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• When the piston is lowered, compressed air is driven through the rubber tubing, pushes open an inward-opening valve in the tire, and thus enters the tire. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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