Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, plural shoehorns, present participle shoehorning, past tense, past participle shoehorned
1N-COUNT 鞋拔 A shoehorn is a piece of metal or plastic with a slight curve that you put in the back of your shoe so that your heel will go into the shoe easily. 鞋拔
2VERB 把…硬塞进 If you shoehorn something into a tight place, you manage to get it in there even though it is difficult. 把…硬塞进
Their cars are shoehorned into tiny spaces. [beVERB-ed + into]
他们的车硬被塞进了狭小的空间。
I was shoehorning myself into my skin-tight ball gown. [VERB noun + into]