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单词 squashed
释义
squashedsquashed /skwɒʃt $ skwɑːʃt, skwɒːʃt/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a squashed soda can
  • He held out a squashed packet of cigarettes and offered me one.
  • We can't give her those chocolates - they're all squashed.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Gentle and intelligent pedestrians began to get squashed.
  • In the back pocket of his jeans he could feel the rather squashed packet of cigarettes.
  • It is a handbook of squashed wildlife.
  • MacLane was still on the running board, his arm wedged into the squashed wreck of the car.
  • Neither shows it, but the squashed chairs and the scored benches tell the story.
  • The ground crew can now work to refuel, clean the squashed bugs off the bubble and put the aircraft to bed.
  • The stain looked like a squashed tropical insect.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen something has been squashed
something soft that is squashed is damaged because it has been pressed and made flatter: · He held out a squashed packet of cigarettes and offered me one.· We can't give her those chocolates - they're all squashed.
something that is crushed has been squashed and broken by something heavy: · Remove the butter from the heat and stir in the crushed biscuits.· The dog hurtled through the garden, leaving a trail of crushed plants.
squashed until completely flat: · There was a flattened Coca-Cola can on the ground.· a mountain of flattened cardboard boxes
mashed food has been squashed with something such as a fork until it is soft and smooth: · He ate the mashed potatoes but not the meat.· a spoonful of mashed swede
ground coffee, corn, or other food has been made into powder using a special machine or tool: · freshly ground black coffee· ground almonds
1broken or made flat by being pressed hard:  squashed tomatoes2[not before noun] in a space that is too small:  I was squashed between Jan and Dave in the back seat.
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