• vt. 鎮壓；把…壓扁；使沉默
• vi. 受擠壓；發出擠壓聲；擠入
• n. 壁球；擠壓；咯吱聲；南瓜屬植物；（英）果汁飲料

來自古法語 esquasser,來自通俗拉丁語*exquassare,粉碎，壓碎，來自 ex-,向外，quassare,使粉 碎，詞源同 quash.引申諸相關詞義。

squash

squash: see quash

squash (v.)

"to crush, squeeze," early 14c., squachen, from Old French esquasser, escasser "to crush, shatter, destroy, break," from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + quassare "to shatter" (see quash "to crush"). Related: Squashed; squashing.

squash (n.1)

gourd fruit, 1640s, shortened borrowing from Narraganset (Algonquian) askutasquash, literally "the things that may be eaten raw," from askut "green, raw, uncooked" + asquash "eaten," in which the -ash is a plural affix (compare succotash).

squash (n.2)

1610s, "act of squashing," from squash (v.). The racket game called by that name 1899; earlier (1886) it was the name of the soft rubber ball used in it.

1. In the squash court his chief aim is to flatten me.

在壁球場上他的主要目標就是擊敗我。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Amazing place he's got there—squash courts, swimming pool, jacuzzi, the works.

他的那個地方真是太棒了——壁球場、游泳池、按摩浴池，一應俱全。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Squash was once thought to offer all-round fitness.

人們曾一度認為打壁球可以進行全身性鍛煉。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He hurt his back playing squash.

他打壁球時背部受傷了。

來自《權威詞典》

5. a bottle of orange squash

一瓶橙子水飲料

來自《權威詞典》