squeeze是可劲儿挤的意思,这里squeezed表过去时。shut表紧闭的,这句话的意思是,Jack紧紧地闭上了双眼(因为惊喜、恐惧、绝望等有意闭上眼睛)。非常形象的表达,以上是我个人的理解,具体还看上下文
She felt another twitch in her hand. She squeezed back. He hears me, Anna marveled. “Do you love me?” There was no squeeze this time. Anna leaned in and embraced the husk of her father’s emaciated chest. She gave him a soft kiss on his cheek and squeezed his hand once again. ...
The Idjit and the Horseby Lucy I saw that horsie coming and I squeezed my eyes shut tight But she made it o’re that idjit with a clearance oh so slight. Now I see this quarter horse not more than 14 hands. After she jumps this idiot he may be no more a man. Poor guy. I won...
Above the planet’s horizon an elongated node appeared, squeezed forth, and popped: the cruiser, bigger than anything Melville dreamed of, came alongside Amrita’s two-seat escape pod in synchronous orbit one hundred and eighty kilometers above the planet’s largest continental mass. Amrita put ...
Andy squeezed his brother’s hand tighter. A Day at the Beach North Carolina Outer Banks, 1977 They were a happy, black-eyed family, and the day was perfect. Late August. The heat broken by the breeze coming off the ocean. A few stray clouds way out over the Atlantic, but otherwise,...