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Squelch Make Muddy Sucking Sound Verb 动词 Wet

英语单词 squelch
英美音标 英 [skweltʃ] 美 [skweltʃ]
中文释义 v.发出嘎吱声;压扁;镇压
n.嘎吱声;压扁;静噪电路
英语例句 (1) She squelched along the muddy path.
(2) The two boxers glowered each other to squelch the other.
(3) He pulled his foot out of the mud with a squelch.
中文例句 (1) 她沿着泥泞小径格吱格吱地走。
(2) 两位拳击手凶狠地互相瞪着眼,想以此镇住对方。
(3) 他扑哧一声从烂泥里拔出脚来。
vocabulary简明 When you squelch something, you're putting an end to it. You can squelch an idea or a rebellion.
vocabulary扩展 This word has several meanings, but it's usually a verb for crushing things. A mean remark could squelch your self-confidence, and a powerful military could squelch an invading country. Squelching can also mean to make a squelch-like sucking sound — or to slop, slosh, splash, and squish through the mud. There's also a type of electric circuit that cuts off when the signal is weak: that's a squelch circuit, which squelches the connection.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]发吧唧声,发扑哧声(像走在烂泥地里似的) To squelch means to make a wet, sucking sound, like the sound you make when you are walking on wet, muddy ground.
  [V prep/adv]
  [V]
  • He squelched across the turf...

    他扑哧扑哧地走过草皮。

  • His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins and his shoes squelched.

    他湿透的裤子紧贴小腿,鞋子吧唧作响。

2
[VERB 动词]制止,压制,遏制(谣言、反对势力) If you squelch something that is causing you trouble, for example rumours or opposition, you firmly put a stop to it.
  [V n]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • The President wants to squelch any perception that the meeting is an attempt to negotiate.

    总统想要消除任何视本次会议为谈判尝试的看法。

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