shoehorn

• n. 鞋拔
• vt. 硬塞进

shoe,鞋，horn,角。比喻用法，引申词义硬塞。

shoehorn (v.)

in the figurative sense of "to put or thrust (something somewhere) by means of a 'tool,' " 1859, from shoehorn (n.). Earlier it meant "to cuckold" (mid-17c.), with a play on horn (n.). Related: Shoehorned.

shoehorn (n.)

1580s, from shoe (n.) + horn (n.); earlier shoeing-horn (mid-15c.).

1. They managed to shoehorn the material onto just one CD.

他们设法把材料仅仅塞进一张光盘。

来自《权威词典》