Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.carry something under one's arm
他夹着书包走过来。
He carries his school bag under his armpit and walks toward us.
他腋下夹着一本英语词典走来。
He came along with an English dictionary under his arm.
这名学生腋下夹着一把伞。
The student came along with an umbrella under his arm.
synonym
- 2
v.mix; mingle
风声夹着雨声。
Wind was accompanied by a rain.
他的普通话夹着粤语。
His Mandarin was mixed with Cantonese.
他夹在人群里。
He was mingled with the crowd.
- 3
n.clip, clamp, folder, etc.
文件夹
folder
发夹
hairpin
报夹
newspaper holder
- 4
v.press from both sides
用钳子把烧红的铁夹住。
Grip a piece of red-hot iron with a pair of tongs.
敌军夹着尾巴逃跑了。
The enemy troops ran away with their tails between their legs.
他的手指被门夹了一下。
His fingers got squeezed in the door.
- 5
v.be wedged between two things; place/be in between
你在左,我在右,她夹在中间。
You are on the left, I'm on the right, and she is sandwiched between us.
把信夹在书本里。
Put the letter in between the pages of a book.
把枫叶夹在书里。
Put the maple leaves in between the pages.
Words and phrases with 夹
- 夹尾巴[word]hold its tail between its legs; be depressed/crestfallen
- 夹丝玻璃[word]wired glass
- 夹表[word]tong-test ammeter
- 夹板气[word]state of being caught between two fires
- 夹馅[word]stuffing
- 夹头[word]chuck
- 夹角[word]included/intersection angle
- 夹层玻璃[word]a kind of safety glass
- 夹具[word]fixture
- 夹七夹八[idiom]incoherent
- 夹道欢迎[idiom]stream out to welcome somebody along the roadside