单词 | squash |
释义 | squash (once / 2245 pages) 1n 2vn WORD FAMILY squash: squashed, squashes, squashing USAGE EXAMPLESIn spite of his poor shooting night, Harden pulled up for a late three to squash a Wizards rally. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) “It’s a matter of squashing it right where it is. That’s a sign of maturity.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The squash is ready when it is readily pierced with a paring knife. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits Syn|Hypo|Hyper squash vine Cucurbita pepo, autumn pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin vine a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes Cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash, summer squash vineany of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden winter squash, winter squash plantany of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall yellow squashany of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrowany of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh cymling, pattypan squashsquash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white spaghetti squashsquash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti acorn squashsquash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges Cucurbita maxima, hubbard squashany of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis, turban squashsquash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem Cucurbita maxima, butternut squashplant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind Cucurbita moschata, winter crookneck, winter crookneck squashany of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita mixta, cushawplant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface 2n edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable 2Hypo|Hyper summer squash any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden winter squashany of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several months yellow squashsquash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck courgette, zucchinismall cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green marrow, vegetable marrowlarge elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins cocozellesquash resembling zucchini pattypan squashround greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a scalloped edge spaghetti squashmedium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings that resemble spaghetti acorn squashsmall dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange flesh butternut squashbuff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and sweet orange flesh hubbard squashlarge football-shaped winter squash with a warty grey-green rind turban squashlarge squash shaped somewhat like a turban usually with a rounded central portion protruding from the blossom end cushawglobose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind winter crookneck squasha squash with a hard rind and an elongated curved neck veg, vegetable, veggie edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant 1v to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition Syn|Hypo|Hyper crush, mash, squeeze, squelch wring twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid stampcrush or grind with a heavy instrument steamrollercrush with a steamroller as if to level treadcrush as if by treading on telescopecrush together or collapse press exert pressure or force to or upon 2n a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets Syn|Hyper squash rackets, squash racquets court game an athletic game played on a court |
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