| 释义 |
squash
I. \ˈskwäsh, -wȯ(i)sh, substand -wȯ(ə)rsh\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle French esquasser, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin exquassare, from Latin ex- ex- (I) + quassare to shake, break into pieces — more at quash
transitive verb
1. : to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
< billycock hat squashed low over his forehead — Robert Graves >
< squash a fly on the windowpane >
2.
a. : to put down : suppress
< squash a revolt >
< squash a strike >
b. : disconcert, squelch
< first overshadowed by … his father, then squashed by his contemptuous, ambitious wife — Time >
intransitive verb
1. : to lose shape and flatten out under pressure or impact
< guavas … fell squashing to the ground — Edwin Granberry >
2. : to proceed with a splashing or squelching sound
< squashing through the mud >
3. : squeeze, press
< four of us managed to squash into the back seat >
4. of an airplane : to lose altitude in a horizontal position because of loss of airspeed : settle vertically
II. noun
(-es)
1. obsolete : something soft and easily crushed; specifically : an unripe pod of peas
2. : a sudden fall of a heavy soft body or the sound of such a fall
3. : a squelching sound made by walking on oozy ground or in water-soaked boots
4.
a. : a crushed mass
< the crash reduced the car to squash >
< the tomatoes have all gone to squash >
b. : a bit of tissue crushed between slide and cover glass and stained in situ, used especially for cytological study of chromosomes
5. Britain : a drink of the sweetened juice of a citrus fruit usually wih added soda water : ade
< orange squash >
< lemon squash >
6.
a. archaic : a soft rubber ball used in the game of squash rackets
b. : squash racquets
7.
a. : a crush of people massed together
b. : a crowded social function
III. adverb
: with a squash or a squashing sound
< you must fall squash into a bog — Thomas Gray >
IV. noun
(plural squashes or squash)
Etymology: by shortening & alteration from earlier isquoutersquash, from Natick & Narragansett askútasquash, literally, green thing eaten green
1. : any of various fruits of plants of the genus Cucurbita that are widely cultivated as a vegetable and for livestock feed: as
a. : summer squash
b. : winter squash
c. : pumpkin 1a (2)
2. or squash vine : a plant that bears squashes
V. noun
(-es)
Etymology: short for musquash
archaic : muskrat |