squelch

英 [skweltʃ]

美 [skweltʃ]

v. 发吧唧声，发扑哧声(如走在泥泞中似的); 制止; 压制; 遏制; 限制

过去式：squelched　现在分词：squelching　过去分词：squelched　复数：squelches　第三人称单数：squelches　

BNC.25563 / COCA.18514

牛津词典

verb

发吧唧声，发扑哧声（如走在泥泞中似的）
to make a wet sucking sound
1. The mud squelched as I walked through it.
  我扑哧扑哧地穿过泥泞。
2. Her wet shoes squelched at every step.
  她的鞋里进了水，走一步吧唧一声。
3. We squelched across the muddy field.
  我们扑哧扑哧地穿过泥泞的田地。
制止；压制；遏制；限制
to stop sth from growing, increasing or developing
1. to squelch a rumour/strike/fire
  制止谣言；镇压罢工；控制火势的蔓延

VERB 发吧唧声，发扑哧声(像走在烂泥地里似的)
Tosquelchmeans to make a wet, sucking sound, like the sound you make when you are walking on wet, muddy ground.
1. He squelched across the turf...
  他扑哧扑哧地走过草皮。
2. His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins and his shoes squelched.
  他湿透的裤子紧贴小腿，鞋子吧唧作响。
VERB 制止，压制，遏制(谣言、反对势力)
If yousquelchsomething that is causing you trouble, for example rumours or opposition, you firmly put a stop to it.
1. The President wants to squelch any perception that the meeting is an attempt to negotiate.
  总统想要消除任何视本次会议为谈判尝试的看法。

noun

an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise
Synonym:squelch circuitsquelcher
a crushing remark
Synonym:put-downsquelchertakedown

verb

suppress or crush completely
1. squelch any sign of dissent
2. quench a rebellion
Synonym:quellquench
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
1. crush an aluminum can
2. squeeze a lemon
Synonym:squashcrushmashsqueeze
walk through mud or mire
1. We had to splosh across the wet meadow
Synonym:squishsplashsploshsloshslop
make a sucking sound