squash
英 [skw??]
美[skw??]
- vt. 鎮(zhèn)壓；把…壓扁；使沉默
- vi. 受擠壓；發(fā)出擠壓聲；擠入
- n. 壁球；擠壓；咯吱聲；南瓜屬植物；（英）果汁飲料
IELTSCET6CET6+TEM8GRETOEFL中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?squashes;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?squashes;過(guò)去式:?squashed;過(guò)去分詞:?squashed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?squashing;
助記提示
諧音“使垮兮，撕垮兮”。
2. discussion, percussion => quatere 'shake, strike' => quassare 'shake to pieces, break' => cashier, quash, squash.
3. "使去ash"
2. discussion, percussion => quatere 'shake, strike' => quassare 'shake to pieces, break' => cashier, quash, squash.
3. "使去ash"
中文詞源
squash 粉碎，擠，壓
來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) esquasser,來(lái)自通俗拉丁語(yǔ)*exquassare,粉碎，壓碎，來(lái)自 ex-,向外，quassare,使粉 碎，詞源同 quash.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. In the squash court his chief aim is to flatten me.
- 在壁球場(chǎng)上他的主要目標(biāo)就是擊敗我。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Amazing place he's got there—squash courts, swimming pool, jacuzzi, the works.
- 他的那個(gè)地方真是太棒了——壁球場(chǎng)、游泳池、按摩浴池，一應(yīng)俱全。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Squash was once thought to offer all-round fitness.
- 人們?cè)欢日J(rèn)為打壁球可以進(jìn)行全身性鍛煉。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. He hurt his back playing squash.
- 他打壁球時(shí)背部受傷了。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. a bottle of orange squash
- 一瓶橙子水飲料
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》