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词汇 squelched
释义 squelched
past simple and past participle ofsquelch
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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
bang around
bleep
boop
choo-choo
chuff
clap along
click away
honk
peal
resonance
rumble
spit
squeak
susurrus
swoosh
thrum
thunk
tick-tock
ticking
whisper

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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Causing something to end
abandon
abandonment
all good things (must) come to an endidiom
and have done with itidiom
be over the humpidiom
brake
cure
give over
halt
hang
jack something in
kill something stone-deadidiom
lay
lid
snap
snuff something out
stamp on something
stamp something out
stanch
staunch

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Interrupting & preventing from speaking

Examples of squelched


squelched

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


However, in presidential politics, that agrarian voice was repeatedly squelched.
They were not defeated at the polls, but squelched.
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Early on, there had been speculation that either station would drop the all-news format, but these notions were squelched rather quickly.
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He squelched a local autonomy movement, earning him criticism from the leftist movement and praise from local businessman.
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These men... were not defeated at the polls but squelched.
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Upon their return after the uprising was squelched, the women found large parts of their monastery and properties had been destroyed and plundered.
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The company had squelched any efforts they made to organize during the first decades of the 20th century by isolating or firing union leaders.
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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.
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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.
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