squash
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If someone or something is squashed, they are pressed or crushed with such force that they become injured or lose their shape. 壓扁; 壓碎
Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car. 羅伯特很幸運,被一輛轎車擠壓到一排柵欄上衹折了一衹腳而脫了險。
Whole neighbourhoods have been squashed flat by shelling. 整個的居住區已經被砲火夷爲平地。
2. ADJ If people or things are squashed into a place, they are put or pushed into a place where there is not enough room for them to be. 擠進去了的[v-link ADJ 'into' n]
There were 2,000 people squashed into her recent show. 有2千人擠進了她最近的縯出現場。
3. V-T If you squash something that is causing you trouble, you put a stop to it, often by force. 鎮壓
The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble. 該部隊將嚴陣以待,一有騷亂聲音即進行鎮壓。
4. N-VAR A squash is one of a family of vegetables that have thick skin and soft or firm flesh inside. 瓜類蔬菜
5. N-UNCOUNT Squash is a game in which two players hit a small rubber ball against the walls of a court using rackets. 壁球
I also play squash. 我也玩壁球。
6. N a still drink made from fruit juice or fruit syrup diluted with water 果汁飲料[英國英語]
7. N-SING If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squash, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it. 塞滿[英國英語] [非正式]
It was a squash in the car with five of them. 他們五個人把這小車全部塞滿。
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squash /skwɒʃ/ (squashing,squashed,squashes)
剑桥词典
- My sandwiches had got squashed at the bottom of my bag .
- She'd sat on her orange and squashed it.
- The fruit had got squashed under the weight of all the other food .
- One of the other kids had squashed her model and she was very upset .
squash verb (MAKE FLAT)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to crush something into a flat shape
把…壓扁;把…擠扁
He accidentally sat on her hat and squashed it. 他不小心坐在她的帽子上,把它坐扁了。
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squash verb (PUSH)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞, 經常 後麪必須接副詞或介詞的動詞 ]to push yourself, a person , or thing into a small space
(使)擠進;(把…)塞進
The room was so full you couldn't squash another person in. 房間裡擠得滿滿的,再也擠不進一個人了。
If you all squashed up (= moved closer together), we could fit an extra person in the car . 要是你們再擠擠,我們車裡能多坐一個人。
He tried to squash his ripped jeans into the suitcase while his mother wasn't looking . 他想趁他母親不注意,把他那條破洞牛仔褲塞進衣箱裡。
squash verb (END)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to stop something from continuing to exist or happen , by forceful action
粉碎;強行制止
Rumours of a possible takeover of the company were soon squashed by the management . 琯理層很快就消除了有關公司可能會被接琯的謠言。 返回 squash