英语词汇“squelch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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(skweltʃ)

Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense squelches, present participle squelching, past tense, past participle squelched

1. verb

To squelch means to make a wet, sucking sound, like the sound you make when you are walkingon wet, muddy ground.

He squelched across the turf. [VERB preposition/adverb]

His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins and his shoes squelched. [VERB]

2. verb

If you squelch something that is causing you trouble, for example rumours or opposition, you firmly put a stop to it.

[informal]

The President wants to squelch any opposition. [VERB noun]

squelch in British English

(skwɛltʃ)

verb

1. (intransitive)

to walk laboriously through soft wet material or with wet shoes, making a sucking noise

2. (intransitive)

to make such a noise

3. (transitive)

to crush completely; squash

4. (transitive) informal

to silence, as by a crushing retort

noun

a squelching sound

something that has been squelched

7. electronics

a circuit that cuts off the audio-frequency amplifier of a radio receiver in the absence of an input signal, in order to suppress background noise

8. informal

a crushing remark

Derived forms

squelcher (ˈsquelcher)

noun

squelching (ˈsquelching)

adjective

squelchy (ˈsquelchy)

adjective

Word origin

C17: of imitative origin

squelch in American English

(skwɛltʃ)

noun

the sound of liquid, mud, slush, etc. moving under pressure or suction, as in wet shoes

a crushed mass of something

3. Informal

the act of suppressing or silencing; esp., a crushing retort, answer, rebuke, etc.

verb transitive

to crush or smash by or as by falling or stamping upon; squash

5. Informal

to suppress or silence completely and with a crushing effect

verb intransitive

to walk heavily, as through mud, making a sucking sound

to make such a sound

Derived forms

squelcher (ˈsquelcher)

noun

Word origin

prob. echoic

Examples of 'squelch' in a sentence
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He could hear their heavy footfalls, the squelch of rotten meat pushed beyond even its magically supported limits.The only sounds were of owls shrieking and the squelch of their feet.She pulled at her wet trousers and they sprang back to her thigh with a squelch.Though he couldn't speak through the handset, he was keying it so that it would break squelch in Morse, sending an SOS.

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释义	Trends of squelch View usage for: squelch (skweltʃ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense squelches, present participle squelching, past tense, past participle squelched 1. verb To squelch means to make a wet, sucking sound, like the sound you make when you are walkingon wet, muddy ground. He squelched across the turf. [VERB preposition/adverb] His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins and his shoes squelched. [VERB] 2. verb If you squelch something that is causing you trouble, for example rumours or opposition, you firmly put a stop to it. [informal] The President wants to squelch any opposition. [VERB noun] squelch in British English (skwɛltʃ) verb 1. (intransitive) to walk laboriously through soft wet material or with wet shoes, making a sucking noise 2. (intransitive) to make such a noise 3. (transitive) to crush completely; squash 4. (transitive) informal to silence, as by a crushing retort noun 5. a squelching sound 6. something that has been squelched 7. electronics a circuit that cuts off the audio-frequency amplifier of a radio receiver in the absence of an input signal, in order to suppress background noise 8. informal a crushing remark Derived forms squelcher (ˈsquelcher) noun squelching (ˈsquelching) adjective squelchy (ˈsquelchy) adjective Word origin C17: of imitative origin squelch in American English (skwɛltʃ) noun 1. the sound of liquid, mud, slush, etc. moving under pressure or suction, as in wet shoes 2. a crushed mass of something 3. Informal the act of suppressing or silencing; esp., a crushing retort, answer, rebuke, etc. verb transitive 4. to crush or smash by or as by falling or stamping upon; squash 5. Informal to suppress or silence completely and with a crushing effect verb intransitive 6. to walk heavily, as through mud, making a sucking sound 7. to make such a sound Derived forms squelcher (ˈsquelcher) noun Word origin prob. echoic Examples of 'squelch' in a sentence squelch He could hear their heavy footfalls, the squelch of rotten meat pushed beyond even its magically supported limits. Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001) The only sounds were of owls shrieking and the squelch of their feet. Fidelis Morgan THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY (2001) She pulled at her wet trousers and they sprang back to her thigh with a squelch. James Birrell THE MANANA MAN (2001) Though he couldn't speak through the handset, he was keying it so that it would break squelch in Morse, sending an SOS. Gregg Andrew Hurwitz MINUTES TO BURN (2001)
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