squash
英 [skwɒʃ]
美[skwɔʃ]
- vt. 镇压；把…压扁；使沉默
- vi. 受挤压；发出挤压声；挤入
- n. 壁球；挤压；咯吱声；南瓜属植物；（英）果汁饮料
词态变化
复数: squashes;第三人称单数: squashes;过去式: squashed;过去分词: squashed;现在分词: squashing;
助记提示
谐音“使垮兮，撕垮兮”。
2. discussion, percussion => quatere 'shake, strike' => quassare 'shake to pieces, break' => cashier, quash, squash.
3. "使去ash"
2. discussion, percussion => quatere 'shake, strike' => quassare 'shake to pieces, break' => cashier, quash, squash.
3. "使去ash"
中文词源
squash 粉碎，挤，压
来自古法语 esquasser,来自通俗拉丁语*exquassare,粉碎，压碎，来自 ex-,向外，quassare,使粉 碎，词源同 quash.引申诸相关词义。
英英释意
- 1. any of numerous annual tendril-bearing trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
- 2. edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
- 3. a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
英文词源
- squash
- squash: see quash
- squash (v.)
- "to crush, squeeze," early 14c., squachen, from Old French esquasser, escasser "to crush, shatter, destroy, break," from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + quassare "to shatter" (see quash "to crush"). Related: Squashed; squashing.
- squash (n.1)
- gourd fruit, 1640s, shortened borrowing from Narraganset (Algonquian) askutasquash, literally "the things that may be eaten raw," from askut "green, raw, uncooked" + asquash "eaten," in which the -ash is a plural affix (compare succotash).
- squash (n.2)
- 1610s, "act of squashing," from squash (v.). The racket game called by that name 1899; earlier (1886) it was the name of the soft rubber ball used in it.
同义词辨析
press, jam, squeeze, compress, squash
这些动词均含"压，挤"之意。
press： 普通用词，指一个物体在另一个物体上加压力。
jam： 专指四面八方都压紧或塞满。
squeeze： 多指从两面或多面施加压力来压紧、压碎或压出水来。
compress： 指把某些东西压在一起或使占有较小空间。
squash： 指某物受力被压偏或压碎。也指塞挤。
实用场景例句
- The tomatoes at the bottom of the bag had been squashed.
- 袋底的西红柿给压烂了。
牛津词典
- He squashed his nose against the window.
- 他趴在窗户上，把鼻子都挤扁了。
牛津词典
- Squash your cans flat before recycling.
- 把饮料罐压扁了再送去回收。
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- We all squashed into the back of the car.
- 我们都挤到了汽车后部。
牛津词典
- How many people are they going to try and squash into this bus?
- 他们打算把多少人塞进这辆公共汽车？
牛津词典
- She was squashed between the door and the table.
- 她被挤在门和桌子中间。
牛津词典
- to squash a plan/an idea/a revolt
- 使计划落空；否定想法；镇压反叛
牛津词典
- If parents don't answer children's questions, their natural curiosity will be squashed.
- 如果父母不回答孩子的问题，就会挫伤他们好奇的天性。
牛津词典
- The statement was an attempt to squash the rumours.
- 这份声明旨在辟谣。
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- We squashed up to make room for Sue.
- 我们挤了挤，给休让了个地方。
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- I was squashed up against the wall.
- 我被挤得紧贴墙壁。
牛津词典
- a squash court
- 壁球场
牛津词典
- to play squash
- 打壁球
牛津词典
- a glass of orange/lemon squash
- 一杯橙汁 / 柠檬汁
牛津词典
- Two orange squashes, please.
- 请来两杯橙汁。
牛津词典
- It's a real squash with six of us in the car.
- 我们六个人坐在这辆车上，可真够挤的。
牛津词典
- Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car...
- 罗伯特很幸运，他被一辆轿车挤压到一排栅栏上后只是一只脚骨折。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Whole neighbourhoods have been squashed flat by shelling...
- 整个小区已被炮弹夷为平地。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There were 2000 people squashed into her recent show...
- 2,000人挤进去观看她最近的一次演出。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The stage is squashed into a small corner of the field.
- 舞台被挤到了场边的一个小角落里。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It all looked a bit of a squash as they squeezed inside the small hatchback.
- 当他们挤进那辆小小的舱门式汽车时，看起来有些过于拥挤。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble.
- 部队将继续原地驻扎，一有骚乱迹象就立即镇压。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a glass of orange squash.
- 一杯橙汁饮料
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There's no squash and stretch in that.
- 没有什么壁球在这一段.
期刊摘选
- The atomic age dawned on an unused squash court at the University of Chicago in 1942.
- 原子时代于1942年在芝加哥大学一个弃置不用的有围墙的网球场开始.
辞典例句