squashed

柯林斯詞典

squash /skw??/ (squashing,squashed,squashes)

• 1. V-T If someone or something is squashed, they are pressed or crushed with such force that they become injured or lose their shape. 壓扁; 壓碎

  Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car. 羅伯特很幸運，被一輛轎車擠壓到一排柵欄上衹折了一衹腳而脫了險。

  Whole neighbourhoods have been squashed flat by shelling. 整個的居住區(qū)已經(jīng)被砲火夷爲(wèi)平地。

• 2. ADJ If people or things are squashed into a place, they are put or pushed into a place where there is not enough room for them to be. 擠進(jìn)去了的[v-link ADJ 'into' n]

  There were 2,000 people squashed into her recent show. 有2千人擠進(jìn)了她最近的縯出現(xiàn)場。

• 3. V-T If you squash something that is causing you trouble, you put a stop to it, often by force. 鎮(zhèn)壓

  The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble. 該部隊將嚴(yán)陣以待，一有騷亂聲音即進(jìn)行鎮(zhèn)壓。

• 4. N-VAR A squash is one of a family of vegetables that have thick skin and soft or firm flesh inside. 瓜類蔬菜

• 5. N-UNCOUNT Squash is a game in which two players hit a small rubber ball against the walls of a court using rackets. 壁球

  I also play squash. 我也玩壁球。

• 6. N a still drink made from fruit juice or fruit syrup diluted with water 果汁飲料[英國英語]

• 7. N-SING If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squash, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it. 塞滿[英國英語] [非正式]

  It was a squash in the car with five of them. 他們五個人把這小車全部塞滿。

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