squash
US: /ˈskwɑʃ/
UK: /skwˈɒʃ/
UK: /skwˈɒʃ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
squash /skwɔʃ/
- danh từ
- quả bí
- (thực vật học) cây bí
- sự nén, sự ép
- cái dễ nén, cái dễ ép; vật bị nén, vật bị ép; thức uống chế bằng nước quả ép
- orange squash: nước cam
- khối mềm nhão
- đám đông
- tiếng rơi nhẹ
- (thể dục,thể thao) bóng quần
- ngoại động từ
- ép, nén, nén chặt
- bẻ lại làm (ai) phải cứng họng
- bóp chết, đàn áp (một phong trào, cuộc nổi dậy...)
- nội động từ
- bị ép, bị nén
- chen
- to squash into the car: chen vào trong xe
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 ~ sth (against sth) to press sth so that it becomes soft, damaged or flat, or changes shape: [VN] The tomatoes at the bottom of the bag had been squashed. + He squashed his nose against the window. + Move up-you're squashing me! + [VN-ADJ] Squash your cans flat before recycling.
2 [+adv./prep.] to push sb/sth or yourself into a space that is too small: [V] We all squashed into the back of the car. + [VN] How many people are they going to try and squash into this bus? + She was squashed between the door and the table. + There were dozens of us in the room, squashed together like sardines.
3 [VN] to stop sth from continuing; to destroy sth because it is a problem for you: to squash a plan / an idea / a revolt + If parents don't answer children's questions, their natural curiosity will be squashed. + The statement was an attempt to squash the rumours.
Phrasal Verbs: squash up (against sb/sth)
squash sb/sth <->up (against sb/sth) to move so close to sb/sth else that it is uncomfortable: We squashed up to make room for Sue. + I was squashed up against the wall.
+ noun
1 (also formal squash rackets) [U] a game for two players, played in a court enclosed by four walls, using RACKETS and a small rubber ball: a squash court + to play squash
2 [U, C] (BrE) a drink made with fruit juice, sugar and water: a glass of orange / lemon squash + Two orange squashes, please.
3 [C, U] (plural squash BrE also squashes) a type of vegetable that grows on the ground. Winter squash have hard skin and orange flesh. Summer squash have soft yellow or green skin and white flesh.
4 [sing.] (informal) if sth is a squash, there is hardly enough room for everything or everyone to fit into a small space: It's a real squash with six of us in the car.
Concise English dictionary
squashes|squashed|squashingskwɑʃ /skwɒʃ
noun
+any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
+edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
+a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
verb
+to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
