crush

US: /ˈkɹəʃ/
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
    • 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