| 词汇 | squelch |
| 释义 | squelch verb uk /skweltʃ/ us /skweltʃ/ squelchverb (SOUND)[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to make a sucking sound like the one produced when you are walking on soft, wet ground: （如走在湿软土地上似的）发吧唧声，发扑哧声 He got out of the car and squelched through the mud to open the gate.他下了车，扑哧扑哧地穿过泥地去开大门。 Sounds made by objects, movement or impact bang around bleep boop choo-choo chuff clap along click away crunch honk plop resonance rumble spit squeak susurrus swoosh thrum thunk tick-tock ticking squelchverb (STOP)[ T ]US to quickly end something that is causing you problems: （迅速）制止，遏制 A spokeswoman at the White House has squelched rumors about the president's ill health.白宫一位女发言人迅速澄清了总统健康状况不佳的谣言。 [ T ]US to silence someone by criticizing them: （厉言）把…镇住，使不再出声 The senator thoroughly squelched the journalist who tried to interrupt him during his speech.参议员完全镇住了那个想在他讲话时插嘴的记者。 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 You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Interrupting & preventing from speaking squelch noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /skweltʃ/ us /skweltʃ/ a sucking sound like the one produced when you are walking on soft, wet ground: （如走在湿软土地上似的）发吧唧声，发扑哧声 As the hikers walked down the path by the house, she could hear the squelch of their boots in the mud.徒步旅行者们从房子旁的小径走过时，她能听见他们的靴子吧唧吧唧踩在泥里的声音。 Sounds made by objects, movement or impact bang around bleep boop choo-choo chuff clap along click away crunch honk plop resonance rumble spit squeak susurrus swoosh thrum thunk tick-tock ticking Related wordsquelchy squelch | American Dictionarysquelch verb[ T ] us/skweltʃ/ to stop something quickly and completely: One professor claimed that the university tried to squelch his criticisms. Examples of squelchsquelch However, in presidential politics, that agrarian voice was repeatedly squelched. In reality, however, the medicalized social worth assigned both to organ donors and living recipients is far from uniform, where the myth of medical democratization squelches debates about medical justice. In any event, he certainly didn't squelch the second edition, which will be out in 2003. Although facts could be invented such that the legislators were really trying to squelch speed limit protests, those are not the facts of this example. By bringing to life these punished but not passive female figures, the singers asserted the very agency that the productions attempted thematically to squelch. Especially when faced with direct statements of intention, readers, then as now, should not be expected to squelch their inclinations to contest the validity or the relevance of surprising revelations. They were not defeated at the polls, but squelched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Early on, there had been speculation that either station would drop the all-news format, but these notions were squelched rather quickly. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He squelched a local autonomy movement, earning him criticism from the leftist movement and praise from local businessman. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other stand-up comedians devise a strategy for quashing such outbursts, usually by having a store of retorts (known as squelches) on hand. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Upon their return after the uprising was squelched, the women found large parts of their monastery and properties had been destroyed and plundered. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The company had squelched any efforts they made to organize during the first decades of the 20th century by isolating or firing union leaders. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Plans were announced later that year to renovate and expand the monastery in order to create housing units and underground parking, but negative public reaction squelched those plans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Due to frequent flooding, proposals have been introduced to build a flood wall on the riverbank, but opposition and cost have thus far squelched the plans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Have we not clearly heard over the last two weeks the squelch of firm government? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. 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