释义 |
squash1 /skwosh/ transitive verb- To press into pulp
- To crush flat
- To squeeze
- To put down, suppress
- To snub or crush
intransitive verb- To form a soft mass as from a fall
- To crowd
- To squelch
- To become crushed or pulpy
noun- A drink made from fruit juice or a concentrated syrup
- Anything soft and unripe or easily crushed
- A crushed mass
- A crushed condition
- A close crowd
- A squeezing
- A game for two or four players played with a small rubber ball, which is struck with a racket against the walls of an enclosed court (also squash rackets or racquets)
- A soft rubber ball for playing squash
- An unripe peapod (Shakespeare)
adverb With a squash ORIGIN: OFr esquacer (Fr écacher) to crush, from L ex (intensifying), and quassāre to shatter; see quash squashˈable adjective squashˈer noun squashˈily adverb squashˈiness noun squashˈy adjective - Pulpy
- Squelching
- Sopping
squash tennis noun A game for two players similar to squash rackets (see above) but played with an inflated ball and larger rackets |