| 单词 | squelch |
| 释义 | squelch —squelcher, n. —squelchingly, adv. —squelchingness, n. /skwelch/, v.t. 1. to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash. 2. to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument. v.i. 3. to make a splashing sound. 4. to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound. n. 5. a squelched or crushed mass of anything. 6. a splashing sound. 7. an act of squelching or suppressing, as by a crushing retort or argument. 8. Also called squelch circuit, noise suppressor. Electronics. a circuit in a receiver, as a radio receiver, that automatically reduces or eliminates noise when the receiver is tuned to a frequency at which virtually no carrier wave occurs. [1610-20; var. of quelch in same sense (perh. b. QUELL and QUASH); initial s perh. from SQUASH1] |
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