| 词汇 | squash |
| 释义 | squash verb uk /skwɒʃ/ us /skwɑːʃ/ squashverb (MAKE FLAT)B2[ T ] to crush something into a flat shape: 把…压扁；把…挤扁 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。 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. Squeezing and grinding compression compressive concertina constrict constriction mash mill nip noncompressible pinch pound presser pulp snap squeeze squinch squish tamp unground unmilled squashverb (PUSH)B2[ I or T, usually+ adv/prep ] to push yourself, a person, or thing into a small space: （使）挤进;（把…）塞进 The room was so full you couldn't squash another person in.房间里挤得满满的，再也挤不进一个人了。 If you all squashed up(= moved closer together), we could fit an extra person in the car.要是你们再挤挤，我们车里能多坐一个人。 He tried to squash his ripped jeans into the suitcase while his mother wasn't looking.他想趁他母亲不注意，把他那条破洞牛仔裤塞进衣箱里。 Inserting and forcing things into other things bed cram cram something into something dig dig (something) into someone/something embed embedded insertion inset interlace interlayer interpolation jam lodge reinsert reinsertion rethread shoehorn stick stuck squashverb (END)[ T ] to stop something from continuing to exist or happen, by forceful action: 粉碎;强行制止 Rumours of a possible takeover of the company were soon squashed by the management.管理层很快就消除了有关公司可能会被接管的谣言。 Causing something to end abandon abandonment all good things (must) come to an endidiom and have done with itidiom be over the humpidiom cure give over halt hang jack something in kill something stone-deadidiom lay lid lift snap snuff something out stamp on something stamp something out stanch staunch squash noun uk /skwɒʃ/ us /skwɑːʃ/ squashnoun (NO ROOM)[ S ]UK a situation when there is not much room: 拥挤 There are over two hundred people coming to the party so it might be a bit of a squash.有两百多人前来参加聚会，因此可能会有点儿拥挤。 Full alive alive with somethingidiom awash be a rich seam to mineidiom be riddled with somethingidiom bristle congested cramped crowded crowdedness flat chat fully booked gunwale heaped rafter rammed replete repletion ridden teem squashnoun (SPORT)B1[ U ] a game played between two or four people on a special closed playing area that involves hitting a small rubber ball against a wall壁球 /GettyImages Tennis & racket sports ace alley approach shot backcourt ball boy ball girl chip forecourt forehand knock up mixed doubles outhit paddleball padel passing shot pelota shuttlecock string table tennis tramlines squashnoun (DRINK)[ C or U ]UK a drink made by adding water to a very strong liquid made from fruit juice and sugar or sweetener, or the strong liquid itself: 果汁饮料 She won't drink water, only squash. Most fizzy drinks, squashes, and fruit juices contain vast amounts of sugar. orange/blackcurrant/lemon squash a bottle of squash Soft drinks apple juice Arnold Palmer bitter lemon blackcurrant boba cream soda dalgona coffee egg cream energy drink frappé near beer non-alcoholic noncola OJ orange juice slimline soda pop soda water soft drink Vichy water squashnoun (VEGETABLE)[ C or U ]pluralsquash or squashes a type of large vegetable with a hard skin and a lot of seeds at its centre南瓜 Types of vegetable alfalfa allium Anaheim artichoke arugula crisphead crookneck cruciferous cucumber cuke mooli napa cabbage neep new potatoes nopalito serrano shallot shiitake mushroom shishito shiso squash | American Dictionarysquash noun us/skwɑʃ, skwɔʃ/ squashnoun (VEGETABLE)[ C/U ]pluralsquash or squashes a vegetable with a hard skin and many seeds at its center squashnoun (SPORT)[ U ] a game played in an enclosed playing area between two or four people who use rackets (= tightly fixed nets in frames attached to long handles) to hit a hard rubber ball against a wall squash verb us/skwɑʃ, skwɔʃ/ squashverb (CRUSH)[ T ] to press down or crush something so that it becomes flat: Kate squashed the paper cup and dropped it into the trash can. [ T ] If you squash a plan or idea, you stop it completely and suddenly: Republican leaders will probably try to squash the tax cut. squashverb (PUSH)[ I/T ] to push a person or thing into a small space: [ T ]Four of us were squashed into the back seat of his car. Examples of squashsquash We feel we are being squashed out of existence from the place we have lived in all our lives. The entire alimentary tract was dissected out and the mid and hind gut contents examined separately by squashing. Copper and gold are both metals that can be shaped by stretching, rolling, hammering and squashing. The gaps between are filled with soft pitch, which becomes squashed as the road expands. The inner parts of the planet, nearest to the core, are squashed together (compressed) so much that they become solid. Attempts were made to make the tests easier; dot blots containing proteins from single squashed parasitized and non-parasitized larvae were conducted. The rays are related to sharks, and are in essence sharks that have been" squashed" flat in response to life as rather sluggish bottom dwellers. We imagine the field lines squashed together, and the result is that they push the wires apart. When does a set of rules become so involuted that it squashes the very dialogue it is formulated to promote? Fish were examined by standard techniques for the presence of larval nematodes, supplemented by examination of organ squashes, tissue smears and digestion of tissue. Five per cent of flies were squashed and examined microscopically for insect and plant pathogens. The particles of the gas have been squashed into a smaller volume. If the spring is being squashed and shortened, we say that the forces are compressive. The activation function is also called the squashing function as it squashes the permissible amplitude range of the output signal to some finite value. The existence of both juvenile and adult worms in liver squashes, suggests host tolerance to superinfection. See all examples of squash These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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