| 释义 |
squish-squash, adv., n., and v.
[Imitative.]
A. adv. With the splashing or squashing sound made in walking through water or soft mud.
1789C. Smith Ethelinde I. 43, I thof of all things we should have been killed;..and then squish squash through such a deal of water! 1792Elvina I. 150 Now we may go squish squash in the dark. 1881in Evans Leics. Gloss.
B. n. The sound made in this way. Also attrib.
1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 23 He heard a squish-squash sound, As when one's shoes the drenching waters fill. 1838Holloway Prov. Dict., Squish-squash is a term used to express the noise made by the feet in walking over a loose, swampy, piece of ground. 1881in Evans Leics. Gloss.
C. v. = squish v. 2.
1836Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxiii. (1839) 86 There he stands, all shiverin and shakin, and the water a squish⁓squashin in his shoes. |