squash

英 [skwɒʃ]

美 [skwɑːʃ]

v.  压软(或挤软、压坏、压扁等); 把…压(或挤)变形; (使)挤进; 塞入; 打断; 制止; 去除; 粉碎
n.  (软式)墙网球; 壁球; 果汁饮料; 南瓜小果(主要种类为笋瓜winter squash和西葫芦summer squash)

过去分词：squashed　现在分词：squashing　过去式：squashed　复数：squashes　第三人称单数：squashes　

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同义词辨析

presscompresssquashsqueeze【导航词义：压】

短语用例

squash up (against sb/sth)

squash sb/sth↔up (against sb/sth)

• （使）挤在一起
  to move so close to sb/sth else that it is uncomfortable
  1. We all squashed into the back of the car.
     我们都挤到了汽车后部。
  2. How many people are they going to try and squash into this bus?
     他们打算把多少人塞进这辆公共汽车？
  3. She was squashed between the door and the table.
     她被挤在门和桌子中间。

牛津词典

verb

• 压软（或挤软、压坏、压扁等）；把…压（或挤）变形
  to press sth so that it becomes soft, damaged or flat, or changes shape
  1. The tomatoes at the bottom of the bag had been squashed.
     袋底的西红柿给压烂了。
  2. He squashed his nose against the window.
     他趴在窗户上，把鼻子都挤扁了。
  3. Squash your cans flat before recycling.
     把饮料罐压扁了再送去回收。
• （使）挤进；塞入
  to push sb/sth or yourself into a space that is too small
  1. We all squashed into the back of the car.
     我们都挤到了汽车后部。
  2. How many people are they going to try and squash into this bus?
     他们打算把多少人塞进这辆公共汽车？
  3. She was squashed between the door and the table.
     她被挤在门和桌子中间。
• 打断；制止；去除；粉碎
  to stop sth from continuing; to destroy sth because it is a problem for you
  1. to squash a plan/an idea/a revolt
     使计划落空；否定想法；镇压反叛
  2. If parents don't answer children's questions, their natural curiosity will be squashed.
     如果父母不回答孩子的问题，就会挫伤他们好奇的天性。
  3. The statement was an attempt to squash the rumours.
     这份声明旨在辟谣。

noun

• （软式）墙网球；壁球
  a game for two players, played in a court surrounded by four walls, using rackets and a small rubber ball
  1. a squash court
     壁球场
  2. to play squash
     打壁球
• 果汁饮料
  a drink made with fruit juice, sugar and water
  1. a glass of orange/lemon squash
     一杯橙汁 / 柠檬汁
  2. Two orange squashes, please.
     请来两杯橙汁。
• 南瓜小果（主要种类为笋瓜winter squash和西葫芦summer squash）
  a type of vegetable that grows on the ground. Winter squash have hard skin and orange flesh. Summer squash have soft yellow or green skin and white flesh.
• 拥挤的环境（或处所）
  if sth is a squash , there is hardly enough room for everything or everyone to fit into a small space
  1. It's a real squash with six of us in the car.
     我们六个人坐在这辆车上，可真够挤的。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 压扁;压坏;压碎
  If someone or somethingis squashed, they are pressed or crushed with such force that they become injured or lose their shape.
  1. Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car...
     罗伯特很幸运，他被一辆轿车挤压到一排栅栏上后只是一只脚骨折。
  2. Whole neighbourhoods have been squashed flat by shelling...
     整个小区已被炮弹夷为平地。
  3. She made clay models and squashed them flat again.
     她捏了些泥塑，又将它们再次压扁。
• ADJ 使…挤进;把…塞进
  If people or things aresquashed intoa place, they are put or pushed into a place where there is not enough room for them to be.
  1. There were 2000 people squashed into her recent show...
     2,000人挤进去观看她最近的一次演出。
  2. The stage is squashed into a small corner of the field.
     舞台被挤到了场边的一个小角落里。
• N-SING 拥挤
  If you say that getting a number of people into a small space isa squash, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it.
  1. It all looked a bit of a squash as they squeezed inside the small hatchback.
     当他们挤进那辆小小的舱门式汽车时，看起来有些过于拥挤。
• VERB 镇压;压制;粉碎
  If yousquashsomething that is causing you trouble, you put a stop to it, often by force.
  1. The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble.
     部队将继续原地驻扎，一有骚乱迹象就立即镇压。
• 壁球
  Squashis a game in which two players hit a small rubber ball against the walls of a court using rackets.
• N-MASS 果汁饮料(通常为浓缩瓶装，饮时掺水)
  Squashis a drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water. Squash is sold in bottles in a concentrated form to which you add water.
  1. ...a glass of orange squash.
     一杯橙汁饮料
• 番瓜类蔬菜
  Asquashis one of a family of vegetables that have thick skin and soft or firm flesh inside.

英英释义

noun

• a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
  Synonym:squash racquetssquash rackets
• edible fruit of a squash plant
• any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
  Synonym:squash vine

verb

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
  1. crush an aluminum can
  2. squeeze a lemon
  Synonym:crushsquelchmashsqueeze

双语例句

• The stage is squashed into a small corner of the field.
  舞台被挤到了场边的一个小角落里。
• One good approach: Add chopped yellow squash and zucchini to store-bought salsa.
  然后将切碎的黄色南瓜和西葫芦储存在萨尔萨里。
• He is drinking lemon squash.
  他正在喝柠檬露。
• Sheila won this cup in the school squash championship.
  希拉在学校的壁球锦标赛中夺得奖杯。
• We had roast turkey, potatoes and baked squash for Sunday dinner.
  星期日的晚饭我们有烤火鸡、土豆和烘南瓜。
• I grow corn, tomatoes, potatoes and squash.
  我种玉米、西红市、土豆和南瓜？
• To this list add boxing, hockey, squash and table tennis.
  除此之外，还有拳击、曲棍球、壁球和乒乓球。
• Globose or ovoid squash with striped gray and green warty rind.
  球形或卵形南瓜，有灰色和绿色斑纹的带疣瓜皮。
• The grapes are just a squash and not fit to eat.
  葡萄被压烂了不能吃。
• In the squash court his chief aim is to flatten me
  在壁球场上他的主要目标就是击败我。