2BREAKto press something in order to break it into very small pieces or into a powder 捣碎,弄碎,粉碎
Crush two cloves of garlic.
捣两瓣大蒜。
3crush a rebellion/uprising/revolt etcSTOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto use severe methods to stop people from fighting you or opposing you 平定叛乱/起义/反叛等SYN put down
The revolution was crushed within days.
几天之内这场革命就被镇压了。
4.crush somebody’s hopes/enthusiasm/confidence etcDESTROYto make someone lose all hope, confidence etc 粉碎某人的希望/热情/信心等
5UPSETto make someone feel extremely upset or shocked 使非常伤心;使震惊
Sara was crushed by their insults.
萨拉因他们的侮辱而非常伤心。
6crush on somebodyphrasal verbphr vAmerican EnglishAmE informalto have a feeling of romanticlove for someone, especially someone you do not know well 热恋,迷恋〔尤指对不大熟识的人〕
crushed to death• In a crash your baby could be crushed to death.• Many of them were crushed to death.• The lad on its back, dolled up as King William, had been crushed to death against the wall.• Read in studio A labourer has been crushed to death by a cementlorry.• A zookeeper was crushed to death by a hippopotamus.• Read in studio A woman rider has been crushed to death by her own horse during a trials event.• There are instances of people being crushed to death or pushed under trains by the crush of excursionists on station platforms.• The victims were crushed to death when the coach turned over in the air and smashed into the ground roofdownwards.• He was crushed to death when the roof fell in.
crush2 noun
1[singular]CROWD a crowd of people pressed so close together that it is difficult for them to move 拥挤的人群
There’s always such a crush on the train in the mornings.
2[countableC]LOVE a strong feeling of romanticlove for someone, especially one that a young person has for someone older who they do not know well 尤指对年龄比自己大且并不熟识者的〕迷恋,痴情 → infatuation
She had a huge crush on her geography teacher.
她对地理老师非常迷恋。
It’s just a schoolgirl crush.
那只是小女生的一种痴情。
3[countableC]American EnglishAmE informal someone who you have a feeling of romantic love for, but who you do not know well 〔不大熟识的〕热恋的对象,痴情的对象
had a ... crush on• His laughter stopped in the middle; he scowled as if four very bad eggs had been crushed on his head.• Lots of girlshad crushes on me - it was inevitable.• Years earlier, in Berlin, Claudia had had a serious crush on Sam McCready.• It turned out he had a crush on Carlo, too.• I think probably he had a little crush on me.• Playing a game of Truth with her brother, Marian realized that he had a crush on Amelia.• I was about 16 and I had a huge crush on him.• I had a crush on him.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CRUSH | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, huge, major (especially NAmE) 愛慕至極▸➤little, small小小的迷戀▸➤silly, stupid愚蠢的迷戀▸➤childhood, schoolgirl, teenage兒童的/女學生的/青少年的迷戀▸➤secret暗戀VERB + CRUSH➤have迷戀▸➤develop, get開始迷戀PREPOSITION➤crush on迷戀⋯◇She had a huge crush on one of her teachers.她非常愛慕她的一位老師。crush
verb
ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤slightly輕微壓傷▸➤almost, nearly幾乎/差點兒壓傷▸➤finely碾成細末◇Crush the garlic finely before adding.把大蒜壓成細末後再加入。➤underfoot踩在腳下◇insects that had been crushed underfoot被踩扁的昆蟲PREPOSITION➤against壓向⋯◇She was crushed against the wall.她被擠在牆上。➤beneath, under壓在⋯下◇He was crushed beneath a bus.他被壓在一輛公共汽車下。➤between壓在⋯之間◇She was crushed between two cars.她被擠在兩輛小汽車之間。PHRASES➤be crushed, get crushed被壓碎▸➤crush sb to death壓死某人
crush verb ⇨discourage2 (feel crushed)⇨suppress1 (crush a rebellion)crush noun ⇨crowd (a big crush in the bar)⇨love1 (a schoolgirl crush)⇨have a crush on sb⇨attracted to