squeeze

• vt.絞る；握る；強要する
• vi. 搾り取る
• n. 搾り取る；握る；詰め寄る；委託する

擬声語の語源squee-「絞る」、「押す」から、濡れたものを絞ったときに出る嘔吐音を真似る。関連語から派生。

squeeze (v.)

c. 1600, "press forcibly" (transitive), probably an alteration of quease (c. 1550), from Old English cwysan "to squeeze," of unknown origin, perhaps imitative (compare German quetschen "to squeeze"). Perhaps altered by influence of many words of similar sense in squ-. Intransitive sense from 1680s. Baseball squeeze play first recorded 1905. The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue has squeeze-crab "A sour-looking, shrivelled, diminutive fellow."

squeeze (n.)

1610s, "act of squeezing," from squeeze (v.). Main squeeze "most important person" is attested from 1896; meaning "one's sweetheart, lover" is attested by 1980. Slang expression to put the squeeze on (someone or something) "exert influence on" is from 1711.

1. The Government 's financial squeeze had killed the scheme off.

政府の財政難がこの計画を水の泡にした。

2.The company intends to squeeze further savings from its suppliers.

会社は供給業者から次の費用を節約しようとしている。

3.It was a squeeze in the car with five of them.

車には彼ら5人が乗っていて、混んでいました。

4.Jack showed off his latest squeeze at the weekend.

週末ジャックは新しくできた彼女を自慢した。

5.He reached for her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze .

彼は手を伸ばして彼女の手を握り、安心させた。