英语单词 | squelch |
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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]
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]
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