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单词 elbow-room
释义 ˈelbow-room
[f. elbow n. + room.]
Room to move one's elbows; hence, freedom from constraint; space sufficient to move or work in at one's ease. Also fig.
c1540Boorde The Boke for to Lerne A ij b, He..whiche wyll dwell at pleasure..must dwell at elbowe rome.1670Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 331 Give faith scope, give it elbow-room to work.1758Chesterfield Lett. No. 348 (1792) IV. 155 Which would give him more elbow-room to act against France.1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. §5. 315 The improvement..in its [teaching] quality by the..elbow-room which the teacher would obtain.
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