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单词 squelch
释义 squelch
I. \ˈskwelch\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: imitative
1.
 a. : blow, buffet
 b. : a dull heavy sound of or as if of a blow upon a soft body : thud
  < he heard … the squelch of turf as she ran toward him — Elizabeth Taylor >
2. : a sound of or as if of semiliquid matter under suction
 < the squelch of mud >
3.
 a. : the act or an instance of suppressing
  < the producer … boldly ignored the squelch and went right ahead … in defiance of the industry's rules — Bosley Crowther >
 especially : squelcher
 b. or squelch circuit : a circuit in an electronic receiver that cuts off the receiver entirely if the useful signal falls to too low a value and thereby avoids a situation where high noise signals are generated in the absence of wanted signals
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to fall or stamp on so as to crush : crush by weight dropped or pressed from above
 b.
  (1) : to completely suppress : quell
   < a spirit here which a thousand years of misery had not squelched — Henry Miller >
   < only three amendments were suggested … and each was squelched after a brief word — Dorothy Kahn >
  (2) : silence
   < presiding at board meetings … and squelching shareholders in the middle of sentences — P.G.Wodehouse >
2. : to cause to emit or move with a sucking sound
 < their broken shoes squelching water — Marcia Davenport >
intransitive verb
1. : to emit a sound typical of an object being forcefully withdrawn from mire against the resistance of trapped air : emit a sucking or splashing sound
 < have manure in my shoes and hear it squelch as I walked — Dylan Thomas >
2. : to move or proceed splashily in water, slush, or mire or with water or mud in one's shoes and produce a sucking or splashing sound
 < squelch through a miry farm gateway — Adrian Bell >
 < his feet inside the sodden seaboots squelched icily whenever he moved — Nicholas Monsarrat >
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