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squash

/skwosh, skwawsh/US // skwɒʃ, skwɔʃ //UK // (skwɒʃ) //

壁球,压扁,压扁机,压碎

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v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
    • : to suppress or put down; quash.
    • : to silence or disconcert, as with a crushing retort or emotional or psychological pressure.
    • : to press forcibly against or cram into a small space; squeeze.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be pressed into a flat mass or pulp.
    • : to fall heavily.
    • : to make a splashing sound; splash.
    • : to be capable of being or likely to be squashed: Tomatoes squash easily.
    • : to squeeze or crowd; crush.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the act or sound of squashing.
    • : the fact of squashing or of being squashed.
    • : something squashed or crushed.
    • : something soft and easily crushed.
    • : Also called squash racquets. a game for two or four persons, similar to racquets but played on a smaller court and with a racket having a round head and a long handle.
    • : Also called squash tennis. a game for two persons, resembling squash racquets except that the ball is larger and livelier and the racket is shaped like a tennis racket.
    • : British. a beverage made from fruit juice and soda water: lemon squash.

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Examples

  • The two met last year when Riya, 19, took up squash during a gap year after graduating from Marshall High in Falls Church.

  • A favorite of chefs and home cooks alike, you may not have to look far to find edible squash blossoms.

  • If folks think of squashes as vegetables, maybe they are vegetables.

  • Also called yellow zucchini, this squash is slightly sweeter that its green cousin.

  • You’ll get a crunchy, crispy garnish for pasta enrobed in a thick, rich squash sauce.

  • The salmon is presented atop a mound of sautéed vegetables: mushrooms, peppers, squash, onions, leafy greens, and herbs.

  • There is increasing evidence that Assad is working with ISIS to squash the Free Syrian Army.

  • Spaghetti squash also contains specific nutrients that help convert the tryptophan in other foods you eat into serotonin.

  • Headache—Take the rinds of a couple of lemons and squash it into a paste.

  • All this testing is serving to squash creativity and the excitement of learning.

  • The Squash Maiden drew about her a rich green blanket, into which she had woven many flaunting gold trumpet-shaped flowers.

  • Corn Plume looked down at the Squash Maiden sitting on her blanket at his feet.

  • Ever after, corn and beans were planted in the same hill, and often a squash seed was added.

  • I guess it must be squash, for he likes mam-ma's squash pies so much.

  • Squish, squash echoed the milk in the great cylinder, but never arose the sound they waited for.