squash

英 [skwɒʃ] 美 [skwɑːʃ]

• n. 壁球；摺皱不堪；拥挤嘈杂的人群；浓缩果汁；美国南瓜
• vt. 压制；压扁
• vi. 变扁；挤进

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 将(某人〔某物〕)压扁，压烂，挤碎

   press or squeeze (sb/sth) flat or into a pulp

2. vt. 将(某人或某物)向某方挤

   force (sb/sth/oneself) in the specified direction by squeezing;crowd

3. vt. 粗暴地使(某人)住嘴

   silence or subdue (sb) rudely,especially with an unpleasant reply

4. vt. 平定(叛乱等)；镇压；制服

   defeat or subdue (a rebellion,etc.);crush

n. (名词)

1. [S] 拥挤的人群

   crowd of people pressed together in a confined space

2. [U] (软式)墙网球，壁球

   game played with rackets and a small softish hollow rubber ball,in a court enclosed by walls and a roof

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 挤压
2. 硬塞
3. 拥挤
4. 压碎的东西，压得粉碎的一摊
5. 啪声，挤压声，咯吱声
6. <英>果汁饮料，果汁汽水
7. 回力球，墙网球
8. 拥挤的人群
9. 【植】南瓜，南瓜属植物；倭瓜；荀瓜；西葫芦
10. 扁片

adv. 副词

1. 啪地
2. 挤压地

v. 动词

1. 压扁，挤压，压碎
2. 发溅泼声，发咯吱声
3. 被压扁，被挤压
4. 镇压，压制，压服
5. 把...压扁，把…压变形
6. <口>使沉默，使住口
7. 挤进，挤入，挤进去，塞入
8. 落下砸扁，拉扁，碾扁
9. 压软，压烂，压碎，碾平
10. 打断，制止
11. 将（某人）向某方挤

英英释义

Noun:

1. any of numerous annual 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

Verb:

1. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;

   "crush an aluminum can"
   "squeeze a lemon"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I enjoy playing tennis and squash.
   我喜欢打网球和壁球。
2. The mine reduced the car to squash.
   地雷把汽车炸成一堆烂铁
3. It's a squash with five people in this car.
   五个人坐在这个小汽车里太挤了。
4. I ordered two squashes.
   我要了两杯鲜果汁。
5. He confessed to a weakness for orange squash.
   他承认特别偏好柳橙。
6. I grow corn, tomatoes, potatoes and squash.
   我种玉米、西红市、土豆和南瓜。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The government was quick to squash any hopes of reform.
   政府很快消灭了一切改革的希望。
2. He sat on his hat and squashed it flat.
   他坐在自己的帽子上，把它压扁了。
3. Don't sit on my hat or you'll squash it!
   别坐在我的礼帽上，你会把帽子压扁了！

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The fruit will squash if it is badly packed.
   水果如果包装不好会被压扁的。
2. He managed to squash into the car.
   他设法挤进了车子。
3. They squashed through the gate into the football ground.
   他们挤过大门，进入足球场。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Ripe persimmons squash easily.
   熟柿子易被挤烂。

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. I sat on my hat and squashed it.
   我坐在自己的帽子上，把它给压扁了。
2. I squashed a few more clothes into my case.
   我往箱里多塞了几件衣服。
3. I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.
   我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。
4. The government squashed the revolt cruelly.
   政府残酷地镇压了叛乱。

用作名词 (n.)

1. What a squash!
   真拥挤呀！
2. She sprained her ankle playing squash.
   她在打软式墙网球时扭伤了脚踝。

经典引文

• Admiring imbecility breathed from his squash nose and slobbering lips.

  出自： R. L. Stevenson

• He squashed all the rubbish into a..box.

  出自： A. T. Ellis

• She squashed her cigarette butt on the ashtray.

  出自： W. Trevor

• They liked being squashed together in bed.

  出自： U. Holden

词汇搭配

• squash rackets 软式墙网球
• orange squash 桔子水
• butternut squash 冬南瓜
• true squash 笋瓜
• marrow squash 西葫芦
• squash jacket 扁水套
• summer squash 西葫芦
• crookneck squash 弯颈南瓜
• bush squash 矮生西葫芦
• squash technique 压片技术
• squash bug <美>[动]南瓜虫...
• winter squash 笋瓜
• squash method 压碎法
• custard squash 扁圆倭瓜,西葫芦...
• lemon squash 柠檬水
• pattypan squash 扁圆南瓜
• acorn squash [植]橡果形冬瓜...
• squash into 挤进

词义辨析

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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• crush 压碎
• press 按
• squeeze 挤压
• mash 麦芽浆
• jam 果酱
• squelch 发出嘎吱声
• suppress 镇压
• congestion 阻塞
• crowd 人群
• flatten 使变平
• cram 塞满
• wedge 楔子
• overcome 战胜
• stop 停止
• squash rackets 软式墙网球
• compress 压缩