Word · Frequency #6604
shove
猛推；推搡
A rough push.
- 1.
A rough push.
猛推
- 2.
A forward movement of packed river-ice.
河冰堆积物的向前移动
冰壅；猛推；河冰堆积物的向前移动；推；挤
In use
He felt a shove from behind and stumbled forward.
The shove from the crowd pushed her against the wall.
With one final shove, the door creaked open.
give sb a shove
He gave me a shove.
他推了我一下。
with a shove
He opened the door with a shove.
他用力一推打开了门。
need a shove
The car needs a shove to start.
这辆车需要推一下才能启动。
Common mistakes
He gave me shove.He gave me a shove.
在英语中，“shove”作名词时为可数名词，前面要加不定冠词“a”。中文表达“推”没有冠词概念，学习者容易遗漏冠词。
He shove the door open.He shoved the door open.
描述过去发生的动作时，动词“shove”应使用过去式“shoved”。中文动词没有时态变化，学习者常误用动词原形。
Connections
Collocations
- give someone a shove
- 猛推某人一把
- He gave the intruder a shove and slammed the door.他猛推了闯入者一把，然后砰地关上了门。
- a shove in the back
- 从背后猛推
- Someone gave me a shove in the back as we entered the station.我们进站时，有人在背后猛推了我一把。
- a hard shove
- 用力一推
- The suitcase was stuck, so she gave it a hard shove.手提箱卡住了，所以她用力推了一把。
- a gentle shove
- 轻轻一推
- He gave the boat a gentle shove away from the dock.他轻轻一推，把船推离了码头。
- pushes and shoves
- 推推搡搡；相互推搡
- As the doors opened, there were pushes and shoves.门一开，人们就推推搡搡起来。
- ice shove
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把“shove”想成“使劲一推”的开头音：肩膀猛地顶开人群；河里的浮冰也会这样被推挤、壅塞起来。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday physical push or shove、river-ice movement in hydrology 作名词时，常见义“猛推/推搡”多用于非正式日常对话；而“冰壅（河冰前移）”属于专业用法，比较常见于水文或环境报道。日常学习宜优先掌握“推搡”的搭配，如 give someone a shove。
Grammar Note
常与动词give搭配使用，如give a shove
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 shove 押韵（/ʌv/）：love、dove（鸽子）、glove、above。注意 move /muːv/ 和 stove /stəʊv/ 拼写都以 -ove 结尾，但发音不同；dove 指鸽子时读 /dʌv/，作为 dive 的过去式则读 /doʊv/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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