| 单词 | squash |
| 释义 | squash 1. v. & n. --v 1. tr. crush or squeeze flat or into pulp. 2. intr. (often foll. by into) make one's way by squeezing. 3. tr. pack tight, crowd. 4. tr. a silence (a person) with a crushing retort etc. b dismiss (a proposal etc.). c quash (a rebellion). --n 1. a crowd; a crowded assembly. 2. a sound of or as of something being squashed, or of a soft body falling. 3. Brit. a concentrated drink made of crushed fruit etc., diluted with water. 4. (in full squash rackets) a game played with rackets and a small fairly soft ball against the walls of a closed court. 5. a squashed thing or mass. Phrases and idioms squash tennis US a game similar to squash, played with a lawn-tennis ball. Derivatives squashy adj. (squashier, squashiest). squashily adv. squashiness n. Etymology: alt. of QUASH 2. n. (pl. same or squashes) 1. any of various trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita, esp. C. maxima, C. moschata, and C. pepo, having pumpkin-like fruits. 2. the fruit of these cooked and eaten as a vegetable. Etymology: obs. (i)squoutersquash f. Narraganset asquutasquash f. asq uncooked + squash green |
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