squash

英 [skwɒʃ] 美 [skwɔʃ]
  • vt. 镇压;把…压扁;使沉默
  • vi. 受挤压;发出挤压声;挤入
  • n. 壁球;挤压;咯吱声;南瓜属植物;(英)果汁饮料
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谐音“使垮兮,撕垮兮”。
2. discussion, percussion => quatere 'shake, strike' => quassare 'shake to pieces, break' => cashier, quash, squash.
3. "使去ash"
squash 粉碎,挤,压

来自古法语 esquasser,来自通俗拉丁语*exquassare,粉碎,压碎,来自 ex-,向外,quassare,使粉 碎,词源同 quash.引申诸相关词义。

squash
squash: see quash
squash (v.)
"to crush, squeeze," early 14c., squachen, from Old French esquasser, escasser "to crush, shatter, destroy, break," from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + quassare "to shatter" (see quash "to crush"). Related: Squashed; squashing.
squash (n.1)
gourd fruit, 1640s, shortened borrowing from Narraganset (Algonquian) askutasquash, literally "the things that may be eaten raw," from askut "green, raw, uncooked" + asquash "eaten," in which the -ash is a plural affix (compare succotash).
squash (n.2)
1610s, "act of squashing," from squash (v.). The racket game called by that name 1899; earlier (1886) it was the name of the soft rubber ball used in it.
1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Amazing place he's got there—squash courts, swimming pool, jacuzzi, the works.
他的那个地方真是太棒了——壁球场、游泳池、按摩浴池,一应俱全。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Squash was once thought to offer all-round fitness.
人们曾一度认为打壁球可以进行全身性锻炼。

来自柯林斯例句

4. He hurt his back playing squash.
他打壁球时背部受伤了。

来自《权威词典》

5. a bottle of orange squash
一瓶橙子水饮料

来自《权威词典》

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