squash /skwɒʃ/ CET6+ TEM8 ( 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. 压扁; 压碎

  例：

  Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car.

  罗伯特很幸运，被一辆轿车挤压到一排栅栏上只折了一只脚而脱了险。

  例：

  Whole neighbourhoods have been squashed flat by shelling.

  整个的居住区已经被炮火夷为平地。

• 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. 挤进去了的 [v-link ADJ 'into' n]

  例：

  There were 2,000 people squashed into her recent show.

  有2千人挤进了她最近的演出现场。

• 3. 

  V-T If you squash something that is causing you trouble, you put a stop to it, often by force. 镇压

  例：

  The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble.

  该部队将严阵以待，一有骚乱声音即进行镇压。

• 4. 

  N-VAR A squash is one of a family of vegetables that have thick skin and soft or firm flesh inside. 瓜类蔬菜

• 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

  例：

  I also play squash.

  我也玩壁球。

• 6. 

  N a still drink made from fruit juice or fruit syrup diluted with water 果汁饮料 [英国英语]

• 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. 塞满 [英国英语] [非正式]

  例：

  It was a squash in the car with five of them.

  他们五个人把这小车全部塞满。