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squash

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ldoce_313_dsquash1 /skwɒʃ $ skwɑːʃ, skwɒːʃ/ ●●○ verb  
1  press 挤压 [transitiveT]SQUASH to press something into a flatter shape, often breaking or damaging it 挤扁；压扁；压碎；压坏 SYN flatten
 The cake got a bit squashed on the way here.
蛋糕在送来这里的路上有点压坏了。
squash something down
 Her hair had been squashed down by her hat.
她的头发被帽子压得平平的。
 Move over – you’re squashing me.
挪过去点，你挤着我了。
→4  See picture on 见图 Page A10 Sports centre 体育运动中心 →4  See picture of 见图 SQUEEZE 1
2  small space 狭小空间 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PUSH to push yourself or something else into a space that is too small 挤进；塞进 SYN squeeze
squash into
 Seven of us squashed into the car.
我们七个挤进了汽车。
squash something in
 We can probably squash another couple of things in.
我们也许还可以塞几件东西进去。
3  stop STH 阻止某事 [transitiveT] informalSTOP something THAT IS HAPPENING to use your power or authority to stop something 镇压，压制 SYN quash
 Her suggestions were always squashed.
她的建 议总是受到压制。
squash rumours/hopes/reports etc (=say that a rumour etc is not true) 辟谣/粉碎希望/压制报道等
 The government was quick to squash any hopes of reform.
一有改革的苗头，政府马上就进行打压。
4  control emotion 控制情绪 [transitiveT] to control or ignore an emotion 控制，抑制〔情绪〕 SYN suppress
 She felt anger rising but quickly squashed it.
她感到怒气往上冲，但很快就把它抑制住了。
5 squash up phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE to move closer together or closer to something, especially in order to make room for someone or something else 挤在一起〔尤为腾出地方给别人或别的东西〕
against
 The others squashed up against Jo.
其他人都挤到乔这边来了。
Examples from the Corpus
squash against• Shifting round the table, squashing up against Jo to make room for them all.
Examples from the Corpus
squash• Squashing a bad girl is like trying to squash a bluebottle.• He wouldn't even squash a fly, let alone murder someone.• Her lawyers acted quickly to squash any of her husband's claims on her property.• Later I went for a drive, squashed between Koju and Raju, and burst into tears.• The bag was bundled and squeezed, stretched and squashed, between the legs of the stumbling mass.• They damned the no-nonsense, authoritarian government, which peremptorily squashed even the smallest perceived threat to social peace.• Among edgy garrisons, with military pride an ingredient, something to be squashed immediately.• I'm afraid the chocolates will get squashed in my suitcase.• In the refrigerator, there was some unlikely aborted thing squashed into a stainless-steel bowl.• But, even as the thought occurred to her, she squashed it angrily.• Someone sat on my hat and squashed it.• Hey! You're squashing me!• A nuisance to be squashed on a countertop or squirted with pesticide.• The chairman acted quickly to squash rumours of a takeover bid.• He squashed the can flat between his hands.
Related topics: Other sports, Plants, Food, Drink
squash2 ●○○ noun  
1  sport 体育运动 [uncountableU]DSO a game played by two people who use rackets to hit a small rubber ball against the walls of a square court 壁球
 a squash court
壁球场
→5  See picture of squeeze 挤, squash 踩碎, crush 捏扁
2. it’s a squash British EnglishBrE spokenSMALL used to say that there is not enough space for everyone to fit in comfortably 太挤了
3. vegetable 蔬菜 [countableC, uncountableU]HBPDF one of a group of large vegetables with solid flesh and hard skins, such as pumpkins 南瓜属植物的果实 →5 see picture at 见图 vegetable1
4  drink 饮料 [uncountableU] British EnglishBrEDFD a drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water 果汁饮料
 a glass of orange squash
一杯橙汁
Examples from the Corpus
squash• Place on a baking sheet and cover squash lightly with foil.• Mr Braithwaite drained off his lime squash and added a couple of jiggers of rum to his empty glass.• Butter cavities of squash and season with honey, nutmeg, salt, and pepper.• A very important game of squash.• Bake in preheated oven until meat of squash is just cooked through, 45 to 50 minutes.• Only one vine grew and now it has one squash, all of three inches in diameter, and about ten flowers.
Origin squash1
(1500-1600) Old French esquasser, from Latin quassare “to shake”
 squash2
1. (1800-1900) → SQUASH1(in sense 1, because of the softness of the ball)
2. (1600-1700) Natick and Narragansett askutasquash
squash1 verbsquash2 noun
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