squash
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they squash | |
he / she / it squashes | |
past simple squashed | |
past participle squashed | |
-ing form squashing |
- [transitive]
to press something so that it becomes soft, damaged or flat, or changes shape 压软(或挤软、压坏、压扁等);把…压(或挤)变形 - squash something/somebody
The tomatoes at the bottom of the bag had been squashed. 袋底的西红柿给压烂了。 Move up—you’re squashing me! 坐过去些,你把我挤扁了! - squash something against something
He squashed his nose against the window. 他趴在窗户上,把鼻子都挤扁了。 - squash something + adj.
Squash your cans flat before recycling. 把饮料罐压扁了再送去回收。
- squash something/somebody
- [intransitive, transitive]
to push somebody/something or yourself into a space that is too small (使)挤进;塞入 - + adv./prep.
We all squashed into the back of the car. 我们都挤到了汽车后部。 - squash somebody/something + adv./prep.
How many people are they going to try and squash into this bus? 他们打算把多少人塞进这辆公共汽车? She was squashed between the door and the table. 她被挤在门和桌子中间。 There were dozens of us in the room, squashed together like sardines. 房间里有几十个人,像沙丁鱼一样挤在一起。
- + adv./prep.
- [transitive] squash something
to stop something from continuing; to destroy something because it is a problem for you synonym quash打断;制止;去除;粉碎
Word Originverb mid 16th cent. (as a verb): alteration of quash.