crush
US: /ˈkɹəʃ/
UK: /kɹˈʌʃ/
UK: /kɹˈʌʃ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
crush /krʌʃ/
- danh từ
- sự ép, sự vắt; sự nghiến, sự đè nát
- đám đông, chen chúc, đám đông xô đẩy chen lấn nhau
- buổi hội họp đông đúc
- đòn trí mạng; (quân sự) sự tiêu diệt
- sự vò nhàu, sự vò nát
- nước vắt (cam, chanh...)
- (từ lóng) sự phải lòng, sự mê
- to have a crush on someone: phải lòng ai, mê ai
- đường rào chỉ đủ một con vật đi (Uc)
- ngoại động từ
- ép, vắt (hoa quả); nghiến, đè nát, đè bẹp
- to crush grapes: ép nho
- nhồi nhét, ấn, xô đẩy
- to crush people into a hall: nhồi nhét người vào phòng
- (nghĩa bóng) tiêu diệt, diệt; dẹp tan, làm tiêu tan
- to crush one's enemy: tiêu diệt kẻ thù
- hope is crush ed: hy vọng bị tiêu tan
- vò nhàu, làm nhàu nát (quần áo, tờ giấy...)
- uống cạn
- to crush a drink of wine: uống cạn cố rượu
- ép, vắt (hoa quả); nghiến, đè nát, đè bẹp
- nội động từ
- chen, chen chúc
- nhàu nát
- to crush down
- tán vụn
- to crush out
- ép, vắt ra
- dẹp tan, bóp chết (một cuộc nổi dậy...)
- to crush up
- nghiền nát
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [VN]
1 to press or squeeze sth so hard that it is damaged or injured, or loses its shape: The car was completely crushed under the truck. + They crush the olives with a heavy wooden press. + Several people were crushed to death in the accident.
2 [+adv./prep.] to push or press sb/sth into a small space: Over twenty prisoners were crushed into a small dark cell.
3 to break sth into small pieces or into a powder by pressing hard: Add two cloves of crushed garlic.
4 to become or make sth full of folds or lines
5 to use violent methods to defeat people who are opposing you: The army was sent in to crush the rebellion.
6 to destroy sb's confidence or happiness: She felt completely crushed by the teacher's criticism.
+ noun
1 [C, usually sing.] a crowd of people pressed close together in a small space: a big crush in the theatre bar + I couldn't find a way through the crush.
2 [C] (on sb) a strong feeling of love, that usually does not last very long, that a young person has for sb older: a schoolgirl crush + I had a huge crush on her.
3 [U] a drink made from fruit juice
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 break, smash, crunch, pulverize, shiver, splinter, pound, grind:
The vandals crushed the statue to bits with hammers.
2 crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle, rumple, mangle:
The shirts came back crushed from the laundry.
3 squash, pulp, mash, squeeze, compress, press:
The machine crushes the oranges and extracts the juice.
4 overcome, defeat, conquer, vanquish, beat, thrash; subdue, put down, quash, quell, overwhelm, squelch, suppress, repress:
The title-holder crushed the challenger. The junta crushed the uprising without bloodshed.
5 abash, embarrass, shame, mortify, depress, devastate, humiliate, disgrace:
She was really crushed when he refused to see her.
n.
6 press, pressure, crowd:
When the fire alarm sounded, I was almost caught in the crush of the people trying to escape.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
huge | schoolgirl, teenage
VERB + CRUSH
have | develop, get
PREP.
~ on
She had a huge crush on one of her teachers.
ADV.
badly
His hand was badly crushed in the accident.
| slightly | finely
Crush the biscuits finely before adding them to the mixture.
| underfoot
insects that had been crushed underfoot
PREP.
against
She was crushed against the wall.
| beneath/under
crushed beneath a bus
| between
crushed between two cars
PHRASES
be/get crushed, crush sb to death
Concise English dictionary
crushes|crushed|crushingkrʌʃ
noun
+leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
+a dense crowd of people
+temporary love of an adolescent
+the act of crushing
verb
+come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
+to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
+come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
+break into small pieces
+humiliate or depress completely
+crush or bruise
+make ineffective
+become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
